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WA8HIIGT0N, 

WHAT TO SEE, AID HOW TO SEE IT. 



A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE. 



Copiously Illustrated bj' a series of consecutively arranged Route- 
Maps, Diagrams, and Engravings, Directing to, Locating, 
Representing and Describing Places, Buildings, 
and Objects of Interest in the Magnificent 
Governing City of the Nation. 



By de B. RANDOLPH KEIM, 

(Washington Correspojident.) 

Author of "Keim's Hand-Book of Washington and its Environs," "Keims's 

Official and Social Etiquette," "Washington Illustrated," etc., etc. 



FOURTH EDITION, 



WASHINGTON, D. C.: 

COPYRIGHT 1887, BY DE B. RANDOLPH KEIM. 



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Government Buildings and Places. — ^ 
I. The Capitol; 2. The Executive Mansion; 
3. Departments of State, 4 Of the Treasury 
5. Of War, 6. Of the Navy, 7. Of the Interior 
and Patent Office; 8. General Post-Office; 9. 
Depart ment of Justice and Court of Claims, 10. Of 
Agriculture; 1 1. Naval Observatory; 12. Wash- 
ington Barracks ; 13 Navy Yard; 14. Marine Bar- 
racks; 25. Botanic Garden; 27. Naval Hospital; 28. 
Government Printing Office; 29. Medical Museum; 
30. Signal Office; 31. Winder Building and Ordnance 
Museum; 44. Fish Commission i^uikLng; 45. National 
Museum; 47. U. S. Fish Ponds; 48. Bureau of Engrav- 
ing and Printing; 49. Pension Buildirg; 50. Money Orde 
Office. 

District Buildings.— 15. U.S. Court House; 16. Jc 
17. Washinglon Asylum; 18. Central Market. 

Galleries, &c. — 19. Smithsonian Institution; 24. Corcora 
Gallery of Art; 26. Congressional Cemetery. 

Monuments. — 20. Washington Obelisk; 39. Naval Monum 

Statues. — 21. Washington; 22. Washington; 23. Jacl 
32. Scott; 33. Rawlins; 35. Emancipation; 36. Greene; 38. 
shall; 46. Henry; 52. McPherson; 53. Farragut ; 54. Thomas 
56. Luther; 57. Dupont. 



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Squares.— 15- Judiciary; 23. Lafayette; 34. Mount Vernon; 
^ 35. Lincoln; 36. Stanton; 37. Folger; 40. Garfield; 41. 

% -. ; 42. ; 43- ; 51- Frank- 

';:2, lin; 55. Iowa Circle. Other Parks Squares, and Cir- 

"'t^. cles are named after the Buildings or Statues in them. 

j;;.. ^ Places of Amusement. —58. Grand Opera 

UD-^,. "H House; 59. National Theatre; 60. Ford's 

5[\VJQ*2k- '^' Opera House. 

'• "^ '^'^ Railroad Stations. -61. Bait, and Poto- 






mac R. R.; 62. Bait, and Ohio R, R. 




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TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



1 


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NEAREST 


NAME. : 


LOCATION. 


MAP. 1 PAGE. 






i 

The Mall 




STREET CARS. 


Agriculture, Dept. of 


IV I42 


Belt Line. 


Alexandria and :^erry 1 


1 


VI 


See Wharves. 


Aqueduct, Georgetown... 


M and 36th St.. 


xvin 


W. & G. R. R. 


" Washington... 


Rock Creek .... 


I 67 


W. & G. R. R. 


\ rlintrton 




xvni 

HI 


74 
34 


W. & G. R. R. 


Army, Headquarters of... 


War Dept 


W. & G. R. R. 


Armory, W. L. Infantry . . 


15th 8c E Sts... 


HI 


39 


W. & G. R. R. 


" National Rifles. .. 


G bet. 9th & loth 


XHI 


62 


Met. R. R. 


Asylum, Washington 


C& 19th sts., s.e. 


IX 




W. & G. R. R. 


Barracks, Washington 


Ft. 4)4 St. w. .. 


VII 


49 


9 & 7 St. branch. 


Bai-racks, Marine 


8 bet. G & I s.e. 


VIII 


53 


W. & G. R. R. 


Boat Houses 




I, 11 

XII 


27 


W. & G. R. R. 


Botanic Garden 


Pa. Ave. & 3 St. 


W. & G. R. R. 


British Legation 


Conn.Av.&Nst. 


XV 


64 


Met. R. R. 


Cabin-John Bridge 

Capitol, The 




XVIII 


'I 




Capitol Park 


XII 


W. & G. R. R. 


Chain Bridge 




XVIII 


7S 




Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. 


W. V/ashington. 


XVIIIj 65 


W. & G. R. R. 


( hurrhps 


Stranger's Dirc'y 
N. J. Ave., s. e. 


1 

XII 1 




Coast & Geodetic Survey.. 


W. &G. R. R. 


Col. Hospital for Women.. 


25 & Lsts 


II 69 


W. & G. R. R. 


Columbian University 


15 & H sts 


III 


62 


Met. R. R. 


Congressional Cemetery. . . 


18 & E sts., s. e. 


IX 


54 


W. & G. R. R. 


Convent of Visitation 


35 & P sts 


XVlIi 


65 


Met. R. R. 


Corcoran Gallery of Art. . . 


17 & Pa. Ave... 


III 


34 


W. & G. R. R. 




Dept. of Justice. 
Judiciary Sq - . . 
E. end M st. n.. 


III 


44 


W. & G. R. R. 




XIII 


56 
73 


Met. R. R. 


Deaf and Dumb Asylum.. 




Met. R. R. . 


Dupont, Statue of 


Conn.Ave.&Pst. 


XV 


64 


Met. R. R. 




8 & G sts 


XIII 


62 




Emancipation, Statue of. . . 


E. Cap. & 1 1 sts 


X 


56 


Met. R. R. 


Engraving & Printing 


15 & B sts. s. w. 


IV 


47 


Belt Line. 


Executive Mansion 


Pre's. Grounds - 


III 


29 


W. & G. R. R. 


T*^nl1<; of Pntnmnr 






11 




Farragut, Statue of 


Conn.Ave.&Ist. 


XV 


Met. R. R. 


Fish Ponds, U. S 


S. of Pres. Park. 


HI 


40 


Belt Line. 


Fish Commission Station.. 


6 and B sts. s. w. 


V 


48 


W. & G. R. R. 


Fort Myer 




XVIII 


74 


W. & G. R. R. 


Ti'nrt ^tf^vpns 






75 






W. Washington. 
W.cnd2st.W.W. 




W. & G. R. R. 


Georgetown College 


XVIII 


65 


Met. R. R. 


Glenwood Cemetery 

Gov't Printing Office 


N. end N. Cap St. 
N. Cap. &Hs-s. 




75 
73 




XII 


Columbia R. R. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



NAME. 



Green, Statue of 

Henry, Statue of 

High School 

High Service Reservoir 

Hospitals and Asylums 

Hotels 

House of Representatives. 

Hydrographic Office 

Hygiene, Museum of 

Insane Asylum 

Interior Department 

Jackson, Statue of 

Jail, U. S 

Justice, Dept. of 

Lincoln Column 

Lincoln Hall 

Long Bridge 

Louise Home 

Luther, Statue of 

Markets, Central & Hay.. 

Marshall, Statue of 

Masonic Temple 

McPherson, Statue of. 

Medical Museum 

Metropolitan Club 

Money Order Office 

Mt. Olivet Cemetery 

Mt. Vernon 

National Museum 

Naval Hospital 

Naval Monument 

Navy, Dept. of the 

Navy Yard 

Oak Hill Cemetery 

Observatory, Naval 

Odd-Fellows' Hall 

Opera Houses 

Ordnance Museum 

Patent Office 

Pension Building 

Pension Office 

Phto. Office, Treas. Dept. . 

Post-Office, City 

Post-Office, General 

Potomac Marshes 

Propagating Garden 



LOCATION. 



C & 5 sts,, n. e. 

The Mall 

O bet. 6 & 7 sts. 
High&Ssts.w.w. 

See Maps 

See List 

The Capitol 

17 & N.Y.Ave. 
i8 & G sts 



F bet. 7 & 9 sts. 

Lafayette Sq 

igbet. B&Cs.e. 
Pa.Av.&i5><st. 
S. of U. S. C.H. 
D bet. 8 & 9 sts. 
Foot of 14 St., 
Mass. Ave. & 15 
Vt. Ave. & 14 St. 



vV. of Capitol... 

9& Fsts 

VL Ave. & 15 St. 
lobet.E&Fsts. 
17 and H sts. .. 
8 & E sts 



MAP. 



XI 
V 

XIII 
XVI H 



HI 
III 



XIII 
HI 
IX 
HI 

XIII 

V 

IV 

XV 

XIV 
V 

XII 

XIII 
XV 

XIII 
HI 

XIII 



See Wharves . . . 

The Mall 

Pa.Av. &9st. s.e. 
Pa. Ave. & I St. 
S. W.&N.B'dg. 
Ft. of 8 St., s. e. 
N.end30st. w.w% 

23 &Ests 

7 bet. D & E sts. 
Stranger's Dirc'v 
Winder B'ild'g.'. 
Bet.FG,7&9sts. 
G bet. 4 & 5 sts. 
Pa.Av. I2&i3sts. 
S. of Treasury.. 
La. Ave. nr. 7 st. 
Bet.EF,7&8sts. 



IV 

V 

VIII 

XH 

HI 
VIII 
XVII 

II 
XIII 



15 & B sts. s. w. 



Ill 

XIII 

XIII 

IV 

HI 

V 

XH 
III 
IV 



PAGE. 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



57 Met. R. R. 

45 7th St. R. R. 

Belt Line. 

92 Met. R. R. 



24,25 

72 



47 



n 



92 



W. & G. R. R. 
W. cSi G. R. R. 
A. & P. R. R. 
Met.&7st.R.R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
\V. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
14th St. R. R. 
14th St. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Columbia R.R. 



Belt Line. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
7th St. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 



Belt Line. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



NAME. 



Railroad Stations 

Rawlins, Statue of 

Reform School 

Schools ' 

Scott, Statue of. 

Senate, U. S 

Sewer, Tiber ' 

Signal Office. U. S 

Smithsonian Insti'.ution. .. 

Soldiers' Home 

Statistics, Bureau of 

State, Dept. of 

Steamers 

Street Cars 

Supreme Court of U. S.. .. 

Telegraph Offices 

Theatres 

Thomas. Statue of. 

Treasury, Dept. of 

War, Dept. of. 

Washington. Description of 
Washington Monument. .. 

Washington, Statue of 

Washington, Statue of 

Washington, West 

Wayland Seminary I 

Wharves, Washington 

\Miarves. W. Washington . 

Winder Building 

Work House 

Y. M. C. A 



LOCATION. 



Stranger's Dirc'y 
X.Y.Ave. &iS St. 



MAP. PAGE. 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



HI 



W. .^' G. R. R. 

Columbia R. R. 



See Maps . . . 

i6 & N sts.. 
The Capitol. 



Gbet. i7&iSsts, 
The Mall 



XV 

vff 
in 

V 



i; nr. D sts 

17 St. & X.Y.Ave. 
Stranger's Dirc'y 

See Maps 

The Capitol 



ni 

HI 



63 


Met.R. R. 


20. 






A. vS: P. R. R. 


/ - 


W. & G. R. R. 


44, 45 


W. & G. R. R. 


75 


Sil. Spr'g R.R. 




W. & G. R. R. 


?t-f 33 


W. c>c G. R. R. 



Stranger's Dirc'v 
i4&:Msts.-..^ 
i> St. & Pa. Ave. 
17 St. & Pa. Ave. 



XIV 
III 
III 



34 



S. of Pre's Park, 
24 St. & Pa. Ave. 
Capitol Grounds. 



1 7 Ov: E sts 

10 & E sts. s. e. 
X. Y. Ave.nr. 14 



, in 


40 


II 


6S 


XII 


Q 


I 


00 


'"vi" 




XVIII 


^5 


HI 


71 



IX 

XI \' 



See Map V 



I4ih St. R. R. 
W. Cv: G. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 
W. »S: G. R. R. 
W. .^- G. R. R. 
W. ot G. R. R. 
14th St. R. R. 
All R. R.'s. 
W. .^ G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. .v G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 



^|al la fin mh !f nui In f>n %i 



UnfEORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States, on 
'l^TJuly i6, 1790, approved the act of Congress establishing the permanent 
i^^^'seat of Government of th« U. S.«on the banks of the Potomac, and by 
proclamation of Jan. 24, 1791, directed the Commissioners, appointed to 
superintend the building of the city, to run the experimental lines of the 
Federal District. On I\iarch 30, a proclamation by The President defined 
the permanent lines, the corner stone of which was planted with appropriate 
ceremonies on April 15, following. 




The City of Washington, the Capital of the United States of America, 
is situated on the left or Eastern bank of the Potomac River, at ihe conflu- 
ence of the Anacostia or Eastern branch of that stream, !o6// miles from 
the Chesapeake Bay, and 185 miles from the ocean. The latitude of Wash- 
ington (Naval Observatory) is 38^ 53' 38" 8 N., and longitude 77^ 3' i" 
35 W, of Greenwich. The an-a of the city is 611 1 a.; namely, looi a. ave- 
nues and streets; 150 a. pavements; 790 a. public reservations and parks, 
and 4170 a. squares occupied by residences and buiiiness places. 

7 



THE CAPITOL AND VICINITY. 



CAPITOL AND VICINITY. 







THE CAPITOL — STATUE OF WASHINGTON. 



Its Government under the Act of 1874 is managed by three Commissioners 
appointed by the President. The area of the District of Cohimbia is 65 s. m. 
since the retrocession to Virginia in 1846. 'Wq population is 260,000 the City 
representing 220,000. 

THE CAPITOL. 



The Capitol occupies a lofty seat on the Western 

edge of the plateau of Capitol hill, 89^' above mean 

low water in the Potomac, and overlooking the Wes- 
tern, or official, business and fashionable quarter of 

the city. The surrounding Park comprises 51 '< a, 

artistically laid out under the direction of Fred Law 

Olmstead, landscape architect. A marble terrace i^ 

being erected on the N., W. and S., which will greatly 

add to the imposing appearance of the structure. 1 he 

building is 75i'x324', including porticos, the principal 

front being on the E. The ground plan covers about 

3^ a. It is of the Corinthian order, with a rustic 

snb-basement, basement principal, and attic stories. 

The original building, of Potomac Aquia Creek fiee 

stone, was commenced in 1793, and the N. and S. 

wings were finished in 1813. The interior was de- 
stroyed in i8i4and rebuilt i8i5-'i9 It was extended 

by the addition of the marble wings in 185 1, which 

were occupied, the S. by the House cf Representatives statue of freedom. 

in 1857, and N. by the Senate in 1859, work, however, 

was continued tor 12 years longer. The pres- 
ent Dome of iron, erected i856-'63, 
288' to the top of the lantern, 307^^' to the 
top of the statue of Freedom, and 135^^' in 
diameter. 

The Statue of Freedom, by Crawford, which 
surmounts the dome, is 19)2' liish? was placed 
in position in 1863, and cost $24,000. The 
building, including construction and altera- 
tions to date, cost $15,000,000. Advancing 
toward, the Capitol, opposite the central por- 
tico stands Greenough's colosal marble Statue 
of George IVashingto-n, erected in its present 
position in 1842. Total cost $44,000. 

On the N. blocking of the central portico, is 

Greenough's marble group, the SettL-fuent of 

America, erected in 1842, cost $24,000, and 

*i on the S , Persico's marble Statue of Columbus, 

■ representingthediscovery of America, erected 

■^Ij. ^ j in 1846, cost $24,000. In the typanum of the 

^ ' • " ' ' ' '— — ' "^ pediment of the portico is Persico's alto relievo, 

greenough's WASHINGTON. The Genius of America. On the pediment o< 





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THE GREAT BRONZE DOOR. 




the Senate portico is Crawford's marble group representing the Progress oj 
Civilization in the United States, Cost $46,000. 

Having taken a careful view of the Capitol from the E , the tourist should 
now enter by the brond steps of the central portico. Upon a platform here 
temporairly erected, during the ceremony of inauguration, the President of 
the U. S. takes the oath of office in the presence of the people assembled on 
the esplanade in front. Upon reaching the platform of the portico, the tourist 
approaches the great Bronze Door, or Main Entrance to the Capitol. In the 
niches are the statues of Peace and JVar, by Persico, placed in position in 1832, 
cost $12,000 each. The great Bronze Door, by Randolph Rogers, is 19' high, 
weighs 20,000' and cost $28,000. It represents events in the life of Colum- 
bus, as follows : 

Casing: A, Asia; B, Africa; C, Europe; 
D, America 

Panels: I. Columbus before the Conncil 
of Salamaca. II. Departure of Columbus 
for the Spanish court. Ill, At the court of 
Ferdinand and Isabella. IV. Departure of 
Columbus from Palos on his first voyage of 
discovery. V. Columbus landed on the 
Island of San Salvador. VI. Encounter 
with the natives. VII. Triumphal entree 
of Columbus into Barcelona. VIII. Col- 
umbus in chains. IX. The death-bed of 
Columbus. 

I. Alexander VI, Roderigo Lenzoli Bor- 
gia, Pope of Rome. 2. Pedro Gonzales de 
Mendoza, Arch-Bishop of Toledo, 3. Ferd- 
inand, King of Spain. 4. Isabella, Queen 
of Spain. 5. Charles VIII, King of France. 
6. Lady Beatriz de Bobadilla, Marchioness 
of Moya, friend of Columbus. It is said the 
likeness is of Mrs. Rogers, wife to the 
sculptor. 7. John II, King of Portugal, 
who rejected Columbus. 8. Henry VII, 
King of England, appealed to by Bartholo- 
mew Columbus on behalf of his brother. 
9. Juan Perez de Marchena, prior of the 
Convent of La Rabida. 10 Martin Alonzo 
Pinzon, commander of the Pinta, 11. Her- 
nando Cortez, conqueror of Mexico. 12. 
Bartholom.ew Columbus, brother to Chris- 
topher. It is said that the likeness is of the 
sculptor. 13. Alonzo de Ojeda, a compan- 
ion of Columbus. 14. Vasco Nuiiez de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific 
Ocean. 15. Amerigo Vespucci, author of the first account of the New World. 
16. Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru. 

The head above the lower N. panel represents Washington Irving, and in 
the corresponding position, opposite, W. H. Prescott, historians. 

The tourist now finds himself within the vast Rotnndx of the Capitol, 96' 
in diameter and 180' from the pavement to the canopy. Over the doors are 



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11 


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DIAGRAM OF BRONZE DOOR. 



ROTUNDA SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS. 



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rude Alto Relievos; E. door, Landing of the Pilgrims, Caucici; W., Poca- 
hontas saving the life of John Smith, Capellano; N., Penn's Treaty with the 
Indians, Gavelet; S., Daniel Boone. Over the panels are busts, also in Alto 

In the eight panels are the celebrated historical paintings, as follows : 
Relievo, of Columbus, Raleigh, Cal)ot and La Salle. 




The Landing of Columbus, 1492. — John Vanderlyn, 1842; $10,000. 

I, Columbus; 2, Martin Alonzo Pinzon; 3, Vincent Yannez Pinzon; 
4, Rodrigo des Escobedo, notary; 5, Rodrigo Sanchez, inspector; 6, Muti- 
neer in a suppliant attitude; 7, Alonzo de Ojeda; 8, Cal)in JBoy; 9, Soldier, 
10, Sailor; 11, Friar. The Vessels are the Santa Maria, Pinta and the Nina. 




The Discovery of the Mississippi River by De Soto, 1541. — W. H. 
Powell, 1850; $12,000. 
I, De Soto; 2, Moorish Servant; 3, Confessor; 4, Young Spanish Cava- 
lier; 5, Cannon dragged up by artillerymen; 6, Men planting the cross; 7, 
Ecclesiastic bearing a censer; 8, An aged priest blessing the cross; 9, A sol- 
dier dressing his wound; 10, Camp chest, with arms, helmets and other im- 
plements of War; II, A group ot standard bearers and helmeted men; 12, 
Two young Indian maidens; 13, Indian chiefs bearing pipes of peace. 



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ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 




The Baptism of Pocahontas, i6i 



// 

—J. G. Chapman, 1836; $10,000. 

I, Pocahontas; 2, John Rolfe; 3, Alexander Whiteaker; 4, Sir Thomas 
Dale, Governor; 5, Sister to Pocahontas; 6, Naniequaus, Brother to Poca- 
hontas; 7, Opechancanough ; 8, Opachisco, Uncle to Pocahontas; 9. Richard 
Wyfifin; 10, Standard Bearer; ii, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, the first gentle- 
woman who arrived in the colony; 12, Henry Spilman; 13, John and Ann 
Laydon, first persons married in the country; 14, The Page. 




The Embarkation of the Pilgrims at Delft Haven, Holland, 1620. 
— Robeit W. Wier, 1840; $10,000. 
I, William Robinson, pastor; 2, Elder William Brewster; 3, Mrs, Brew- 
ster and sick child; 4, Governor Carver; 5, William Bradford; 6, Mr. and 
Mrs. White; 7, Mr. and Mrs. Winslow; 8, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller; 9, Miles 
Standish and his wife Rose; 10, Mrs. Bradford, who fell overboard the day 
the vessel came to anchor; 11, Mrs. Carver and child; 12, Captain Reynolds 
and sailor; 13, Boy belonging to the Carver family; 14, Boy in charge of 
Mrs. Winslow; 15, Boy belonging to Mrs. Winslow's family; 16, Nurse. 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 



15 




Signing the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. — John Trum- 
bull, 181 7; $8,000. 
I, George Wythe, of Va.; 2, William Whipple, and 3, Josiah Bartlett, of 
N. H.; 4, Benjamin Harrison, of Va.; 5, Thomas Lynch, of S. C; 6, Rich- 
ard Henry Lee, of Va.; 7, Samuel Adams, of Mass.; 8, George Clinton, of 
N. Y.; 9, William Paca, and 10, Samuel Chase, of Md.; ii, Lewis Morris, 
and 12, William Floyd, of N. Y.; 13, Arthur Middleton, and 14, Thomas 
Heyward, of S. C; 15, Charles Carroll, of Md.; 16, George Walton, of Ga.; 
17, Robert Morris, 18, Thomas Willing, and 19, Benjanr in Rush, of Penn.; 
20, Eldridge Gerry, and 21, Robert Treat Paine, of Mass.; 22, Abraham 
Clark, of N J.; 23, Stephen Hopkins, and 24, William Ellery, of R. L; 25, 
George Clymer, of Penn.; 26, William Hooper, and 27, Joseph Hewes, of 
N. C; 28, James Wilson of Penn.; 29, Francis Hopkinson, of N. J.; 30, John 
Adams, of Mass.; 31, Roger Sherman, of Conn.; 32, Robert L. Livingston, 
of N. Y.; 33, Thomas Jefferson, of Va,; 34, Benjamin Franklin, of Penn.; 
35, Richard Stockton, of N. J ; 36, Francis Lewis, of N. Y.; t,^, John With- 
erspoon, of N. J.; 38, Samuel Huntington, 39, William Williams, and 40, 
Oliver Wolcott, of Conn.; 41, John Hancock, of Mass.; 42, Charles Thomp- 
son, of Penn.; and continuing, 43, George Read, of Del.; 44, John Dickinson, 
of Penn.; 45, Edward Rutledge, of S. C; 46, Thomas McKean, of Del.; 47, 
Philip Livingston, of N. Y. 




The Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, N. Y. 
bull, 181 7; $8,000. 



1777. — John Trum- 



14 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 



The 3 figures in the distance are, I, Maj. Lithgow, of Mass.; 2, Col. Cilly, 
and 3, Gen. Starke, of N. H.; and in the Key, 4, Capt. Seymour, of Conn., 
of Shelden's Horse; 5, Maj Hull, and 6, Col. Greaton, of Mass.; 7, Maj. 
Dearborn, and 8, Col. Scammell, of N, H.; 9, Col. Lewis, of N. Y., Quar- 
termaster-Gen.; 10, Major-Gen. Phillips, of the British Army; ii, Lieut.- 
Gen. Burgoyne, Commander of the British forces; 12, Gen. Baron Reidesel, 
of the British Army (German); 13, Col. Wilkinson, Dep. Adj. Gen. of the 
American Army; 14, Gen. Gates, Commander of the American forces; 15. 
Col. Prescott, of Mass. Volunteers; 16, Col. Morgan, of the Va. Riflemen}; 
17, Brig.-Gen. Rufus Putnam, and 18, Lieut.-Col. Brooks, of Mass.; 19, Rev, 
Mr. Hitchcock, of R. I., Chaplain; 20, Major Robert Troup, of N. Y., Aid- 
de Camp; 21, Major Haskell, of Mass.; 22, Maj. (after Gen.) Armstrong' 
Aid-de-Camp; 23, Maj. -Gen. Philip Schuyler, of N. Y.; 24, Brig.-Gen. 
Glover, of Mass.; 25, Brig.-Gen. Whipple, of the N. H. Mihtia; 26, Maj. 
Clarkson, of N. Y. Aid-de-Camp; and 27, Maj. Stevens, of Mass., command- 
ing artillery. 




The Surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 1781. — John Trumbull, 1817; $S,ooo. 

The first 2 figures, i. Count Deuxponts; 2, Duke de Laval Montmorency, 
and in the Key, 3, Count Custine, Colonels of French Lifantry; 4, Duke de 
Lauzun, Col. of French Cavalry; Gen. Choizy; 6, Viscount Viomeuil; 7, 
Marquis de St. Simon; 8, Count Fersen, and 9, Count Dumas, Aid-de-Camp 
to Count Rochambeau; 10, Marquis Chastellux; ii. Baron Viomeuil; 12, 
Count de Barre, and 13, Count de Grasse, Admirals in the French Navy; 
4, Count Rochambeau, Gen-in-Chief of the French forces; 15, Gen. Lincoln, 
American Army; 16, Col. Stevens, American Artillery; 17, Gen. Washing- 
ton, Commander-in-Chief; 18, Thomas Nelson, Gov. of Va.; 19, Marquis 
Lafayette; 20, Baron Steuben; 21, Col. Cobb, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Wash- 
ington; 22, Col. Trumbull, Secretary to Washington; 23, Maj. -Gen. Clinton, 
of N. Y.: 24, Gen. Gist, of Md.; 25, Gen. Wayne, of Penn ; 26, Gen. Hand, 
of Penn., Adjutant General; 27, Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, of Penn.; 28, Maj.- 
Gen. Knox, Commander of Artidery; and continuing towards the r., 29, 
Lieut. -Col, Huntingdon, acting Aid to Gen. Lincoln; 30, Col. Timothy 
Pickering, Quartermaster Gen.; in the Key. 31, Col. Alexander Hamilton, 
commandinp; Light Lifantry; 32, Col. Laurens, of S. C; 33, Col. Walter 
Stuart, of Penn., and 34, Col. Nicholas Fish, of N. Y. 



THE FRIEZE AND CANOPY OF THE ROTUNDA 




General Washington Resigning His Commission at Annapolis, Md,, 
Dec. 23, 1783. — John Trumbull, 1817; $8,000. 

I, Thos. Mifflin, of Penn., President of Congress; 2, Chas. Thompson, of 
Penn.; 3, Elbridge Gerry, of Mass.; 4, Hugh Williamson, of N, C; 5. 
Samuel Osgood, of Mass.; 6, Ed'w McComb, of Del.; 7, Geo, Partridge, of 
Mass.; 8, Ed'w Lloyd, of Md.; 9, R. D. Spaight, of N. C; 10, Benj. Haw- 
kins, of N. C; II, A. Foster, of N. H.; 12, Thomas Jefferson, and 13, 
Arthur Lee, of Va.; 14, Dav. Howell, of R. L; 15, James Monroe, of Va ; 
16, Jacob Reed, of S. C., all members of Congress; 17, Jas. Madison, of 
Va., spectator; 18, William Ellery, of R. L; 19, Jeremiah Townley Chase, 
of Mo.; 20, S. Hardy, of Va., and 21, Charles Morris, of Penn., members of 
Congress ; 22, General Washington, of Va.; 23, Cols. Walker, and 24, Hum- 
phreys, aids-de camp; 25 and 26, Gens. Smallwood and Williams, and 27 
and 28, Cols. Smith and Howard, of Md.; 29. Charles Carroll and two daugh- 
ters, of Md.; 30, Mrs. Washington and her three grand-children; and 31, 
Daniel Jenifer of St. Thomas of Md., spectators. 

On the ffiez", 300' in circumference and 9' high, beginning over the W, 
door of the Rotunda, are representations in fresco in chiaro-oscuro, by Bru- 
midi: i, America and History; 2, Landing of Columbus; 3, Cortez and 
Montezuma; 4, Pizarro invading Peru; 5, Burial of De Soto in the Missis- 
sippi River; 6, Rescue of John Smith by Pocohontas; 7, Landing of the 
Pilgrims; 8, Penn's Treaty. Executed by Costiggini upOn the death of Bru- 
midi. 9, Colonization of New England; 10, Ogelthorpe and Muscogee 
Indians; ii, Battle of Lexington; 12, Reading of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence; 13, Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown ; 14, Death of Tecumseh; 
15, Gen. Scott's entree into the City of Mexico. 

The Canopy, executed by Brumidi, in fresco, is 65 JP^' in diameter, 180' 
from the pavement of the Rotunda, and cost $50,000. In the centre is por- 
trayed Washington with Freedom on his r. and victory on his 1. The er 
female figures represent the 13 original States, The Groups on the out ^ 
zone are: I, The fall of Tyranny; 2, Agriculture; 3, Mechanics; 4, Com- 
merce; 5, Marine; 6, Arts and Sciences, 



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THE PRINCIPAL STORY OF THE CAPITOL. 



The Diagram will direct the visitor to the places of interest on the Princi- 
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Leaving the Rotunda by the W. door, the visitor 
reaches the Libraty of Congress, open from 9. a. m. to 
4 p. m. This consists of a central Hall 91 3^^x34', and 
two wings 95'x29i^' and each 38' high. The Library 
now comprises 530,000 volumes, and 200,000 pamph- 
lets, and is the largest in the U. S., and yih in the 
world. It is fire-proof throughout. Returning to the 
Rotunda and passing through the N. door on the 1., 
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from 10 through 19 on Diagram. This room is 75'x45' 
and 45' high. On the E. is a screen of Ionic Columns 
of variagated Potomac Marble with Italian Marble 
Capitals. On consoles on the W. wall are marble 
busts of the Chief Justices of the U. S. The Sessions 
of the Court begin on the 2d Monday in October and 
last until May. Just before 12 m. is the best time to 
visit the Court Room during the days of sessions. 



DIAGRAM OF THE SUPREME COURT ROOM. 



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THE GRAND STAIRCASE— SENATE BRONZE DOOR. 



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In the Robing Roofn, are portraits of Chief 
Justices Jay, Marshall, Chase and Taney. 
The Messenger will admit visitors if the room 
be not occupied. Here the Justices put on 
their robes prior to going on the Bench. Con- 
tinung to the S. corridor and thence turning 
E. to the E. corridor, 28 is the EastcTn Grand 
Staircase, which leads to the Ladies', Sena- 
tors' Family, and Diplomatic Galleries. The 
staircase is constructed of polished Tennessee 
Marble. At the foot is Power's Statue of 
Benjamin Franklin, of Penn., cost, $10,000. 
Over the landing is Powell's painting of 
Perryi's Victory on Lake Erie in 18 13, cost, 
$25,000. (See Diagram for Attic Story and 
Galleries.) Thence proceed into the Senate 
Vestibule (30). At the E. end (29) is the 
Senate Bronze Door, by Crawford, cost, $50.- 
000, representing: I. Battle of Bunker Hill 
and death of \Varren, June, 1776; H. Battle 
of Monrrouth, June, 1778, Rebuke of Gen. 
Lee; HL BattleofYorktown, October, 1 781, 
Hamilton's Capture of the Redoubt; IV. 
Washington's welcome at Trenton, April, 
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THE SENATE CHAMBER. 



20 THE MARBLE ROOM SENATE CHAMBER. 



President, in N. Y. City, April 30, 1 789. John Adams, Vice-President, 
stands on his r.; Cliancellor Livingston administers the oath, and Mr, Otis, 
Secretary of the Senate, holds the Bible. The remaining figures are Alex- 
ander Hamilton, Gens. Knox and St. Clair, Roger Sherman and Baron 
Steuben; VI. Laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol, Sept. 18, 1793. 
On the N. side of the vestibule is the Senate Com. on the District of Colum- 
bia, (32,) beautifully frescoed by Brumidi. Visitors can enter. Next proceed 
to 34, Senator's Ante-Room, a rich apartment, and 33, Sergeant-at-Arm's 
Room, also attractively finished. 

Should the Senate be in session visitors cannot pass the door at No. 35 
without permission from a Senator. It would be proper to send a card to a 
Senatorial acquaintance asking this permission. He will send a page to con- 
duct his friends to the Bronze Stairs, (35), cost $5,000. There are four of 
these in the building. Thence to the Vice President's Room, (36). Here is 
Rembrandt Peale's Fainting of IVashington. The messenger at the door 
can admit visitors. 

Having now entered the Senate Lobby, on the r. pass into the Marble, or 
Senator's Reception Room, (40), and on the 1., when the Senate is not in 
session, pass upon the floor of the Senate. 

The Senate Chamber (visitors admitted on the floor when the Senate is not in 
session) is 113X x8o3,/' and 36' high. The Cloak Rooms on the 
outer sides reduce the floor to 83'x5i'. The galleries are over the cloak 
Rooms and will seat 1200 persons. (See Diagram, of attic story and galleries 
for location of galleries, and of the Chamber for seats of Senators and officers.) 
The ceiling is of iron and the room is lighted from ihe loft above. Returning 
to the lobby, continue W. to the President's Room, (41). This is one of the 
finest rooms in the building. Admission may be had, should the door be 
locked, through the messenger in the corridor near by. If the door be un- 
locked, enter. Whenever the President visits the Capitol he occupies this 
apartment and sends, by a page, for those whom he wishes to see. The 
medallions represent Washington and his first Cabinet. The ceiling is also 



SENATE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 



richly frescoed, and the walls finished in gilt. Opposite the entrance the 
Bronze Staircase (35) is similar to that E. of the lobby. Take the W. corridor 
to the West Grand Staircase, of American White Marble, a very beautiful 
piece of work. i\t the foot is Stone's heroic Statue of John Hancock, cost, 
$5,500, and over the first landing, Walker's painting^ of the Storming of 
Chaptdtepcc, Mexico, Sept. 13, 1847, cost, $6,000. The American Army is 
commanded by Gen. Scott, and pursuing the fleeing Mexicans into the City 
of Mexico. 

At this point the visi- 
tor should ascend to the 
attic story and galleries. 
The Diagrams will indi- 
cate points of interest on 
_ this fi., and point out the 
g Senators in their seats 
J on the fl. The Senate 
B assembles at 12 m. The 
"""! best time to visit the 
Senate galleries during 
the sessions is just be- 
fore that hour. The 
general debates usually 
commence after the 
"morning hour," about 
1.30 p. m. 

Main Building.— 2. 
Store- Rooms Congress- 
ional Library. 3. Stairs 
to the Dome. 4, 5. Store-Rooms Sen. Doc. Room. 7, 8. Senate Committ 
on Additional Accomodations for the Congressional L ibrary. 6. Thee. 
Library of the Sen. 9, 1 1, 12, 13. Sen. Doc. Rooms 10 Sen. Com. Nic- 
araguan Claims. 

Senate Wing.— 14. E. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Powell's Painting 
of Perry's Victory. 16. S. Corridor. 

Galleries.— 15, 17. Ladies' Gallery. 18. Diplomatic Gallery. 19. 
Gentlemen's Gallery. 20. Press Reporters' Gallery. 21. Ladies' Gallery 
and Reserved Gallery. 22. Ladies' Retiring- Room. 23. Hall, containing 
Moran's Paintings of the Canons of the Yellowstone, and Chasm of the Col- 
orado, cost, $10,000 each. 24. Anteroom to Ladies' Gallery. Portraits of 
Col. Geo. Washington, Plenry Clay, &c. 

25. Sen. Com. on Private Land Claims. 26. Sen. Com. on Claims. 27. 
Sen. Conference Room. 28. E. Corridor. 29, 30. Sen. Com. on Printing. 
31. W. Corridor. 32. W. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Walker's Painting 
of the Storming of Chapultepec. 33, 34. Sen. Com. on Public Buildings and 
Grounds. 35. Stairs Illuminating Loft. 36. Sen. Com. on Transportation. 
37. Sen. Com. on Railroads. 38. Sen. Com. on Privileges and Elections. 
39. Elevator for Senators. 40. Sen, Com. on Commerce. 41. Sen Com. 
on Engrossed Bills. 42. Press Telegraph Office. 43, Press Reporters' 
Retiring- Room. 

The visitor having viewed the points of interest on the Attic Floor of the 
Senate wing, and having passed some time in the Senate Galleries, the Sen- 
ate being in session, should now return to the corridor and proceed thence to 




THE CAriTOL- 



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■ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 



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THE CAPITOL, BASEMENT STORY. 



the Elevator at No. 39 on the same fl., and descend by that means or by the 

Staircases, 14 or 32, to the Basement Story and see the frescoes and other 

features of interest in this 

portion of the Capitol. The 

visitor may enter any of the 

Committee Rooms found 

unlocked or open, for the 

purpose of examining the 

the frescoes. When locked, 

inquiry from the messenger 

on the floor may gain them 

admission. 

Senate Wing.— i. W. 
Staircase and Corridor. The 
walls and groined ceilings 
are richly frescoed with 
events and personages in 
American history, and re- 
presentations of the fanna 
and flora of the U. S. 

2. Sen. Com. on Revision 
of the Laws. 3. Sen. Com. 
on Indian Affairs. Beauti- 
fully frescoed for the use, 
originally, of the Com. on 
Agriculture. 4. Stairs to 

Sub-Basement and Senate 

Heating and Ventilatin 

Apparatus. The Machinery 
here is very interesting and 

should be visited. 5. Sen. 

Com. on District of Colum- 

bia. 6. Sen. Com. on 

Library. Appropriately 

frescoed.' 7. Sen. Com. on 

Mihtary Affairs. Has the 

finest Frescoes to be found 

in any of the Com. Rooms. 

8. Sen, Com, on Naval Af- 
fairs. Elaborately frescoed, 

representing Marine Dieties, 

&c. 9. Elevator. 10. Sen. 

Com. on the Judiciary. Fres- 
coed. II. Closets. 12. N. 

Corridor. Frescoed. 13. 

Sen. Com. on Territories. 

Frescoed. 14, 14- Bronze 



Staircases. 15. Sen. Station 




ery Room. 16. Sen. Com. 

on Acrriculture. 17. Main Corridor to N. Entrance, Frescoed. 

Com. "on Contingent Expenses. 19. Office of the Sen. Folding-Room. 



THE CAPITOL, BASEMENT STORY. • 23 



Sen. Com. on Foreign Relations, Frescoed. 21. Hall and Senate Post Office, 
Richly Frescoed. 22. Sen. Com. on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 23. Sen. 
Com, on Patents. 24. E. Entrance and Vestibule, Marble. 25. Sen. Com. 
on Pensions, Frescoed. 26. E. Staircase and Corridor. 27. Passage and 
Steps to Sen. Folding-Room. 28. Sen. Com. on Civil Service, Frescoed. 
29. Sen. Com. on Public Lands, Frescoed. 30, 31, 33. Restaurant, open to 
the Public. 32. Inner Corridor, Frescoed. O, O. i3ocument Store Rooms. 
34. Ladies' Room. 35. Connecting Corridor to the Crypt. 

The Main Building. — /V. of the Cript. 36. Main Corridor. 37, 38, 39. 
Conference Room of the Supreme Court of the U. S. 40. Senate Baths. 
41. Vestibule. 42. Supreme Court Store-Room and Files. 43, 43. Stair- 
cases to Principal Story. 44. The Law Library, contains nearly 100,000 
volumes, and largest in the U. S. 45. The Crypt, formed of 40 Doric 
Columns. The Star in the pavement is the centre of the Capitol, and form- 
erly the m ridian of the \5 , S. Beneath is the Undercroft ox Vault in which 
it was proposed to place the remains of Washington. The Crypt has been 
reduced in size by temporary rooms walled off for the Congressional Library. 
Upon it rests the superstructure of the dome. 46, 47. Store- Rooms of the 
Cong, [.ibrary. 48. Steps to Sub-Basement and Undercroft. 49. W. Main 
Staircase to Rotunda. 50. W. Main Entrance. 51. Sen. Com. on Education 
and Labor. 51. Sen. Com, on Manfactures. 52. Sen. Com. on the Census. 
53. Sen, Com. on Revolutionary Claims. 54, 55. Store-Rooms. 

S. of the Crypt. — 56. House Com. on Expenses in the Treas. Dept, 57. 
Com. Revision of the Laws. Near by, Capitol Police Headquarters. 58. H. 
Com. on Education and Labor. 59. H. Com. on Coinage, Weights and 
Measures, and Manufactures and Library. 60. H. Com. on Public Expen- 
ditures. 61. H, Com on Mines and Mining. 62. Vestibule. 63. Corridor 
and Com, on Private Land Claims. 64, 66, 67, Offices Clerk of House of 
Rep. 65. Office Doorkeeper and Folding-Room. 68. H. Com. on Expen- 
ditures in the State Dept., and opposite House Com. on Expenditures in 
Interior Department. 69 Connecting Corridor to House Basement. 

The House Wing. — 70 Main Corridor to S. Entrance, I45'x25', con- 
sisting of a fine marble colonade. 70 Behind the Screens: E. Side of Cor- 
ridor — H. Com. on Mileage. W. Side of Corridor — Stenographers of Com- 
mittees. 71, 74. H. Restaurant, open to the public 72, H. Com. on 
Indian Affairs, containing a collection of Paintings of Indian Life. 73. Inner 
Corridor. 75. E. Staircase and Corridor. S. end Steps to H. Baths . 76. 
H. Com on Printing. 77. H. Com. on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 78. 
Passage and Steps to Sub-Basement. 79 E. Entrance and Vestibule, Mar- 
ble. 80. Post-Otiice of the H of Representatives. 81. H. Com. on Public 
Buildings and Grounds, Frescoed. 82. H. Com. on Public Health, ^t^. H. 
Com, on Expenses ia the Navy Dep. 84. PI. Com. on Territories, Frescoed. 
85, 86. Room of Official Reporters. 87, The Speaker's Private Room. 88. 
H. Com. on Invalid Pensions. 89. H. Com. on Claims. 90. H. Com. on 
Agriculture, appropriately Frescoed. 91. H. Stationery Room. 92. W. 
Staircase and Corridor. 93. Steps to Sub-Basement, Heating and Ventilating 
Apparatus ; the Appliances are interesting. 94. H. Com. on W^ar Claims. 
95. H. Com. on Accounts. 96. Closets. O, Clerk's Document Room. O, 
Store-Rooms. C. Courts. 

Having finished their inspection of the points of interest on the basement 
story visitors should ascend to the Attic Story and Galleries, 



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HOUSE WING, ATTIC STORV AND GALLERIES. 







House Wlng, Attic 
Story.-i. Store-Room 
Congressional Library. 
44, 46. Store-Room H. 
Library. 45. House 
Document Room. 
47. E. Grand (Marble) p M 
Staiscase, and Carpen- '^ fl"J 
ters Painting of the sign- i^ ^.Jt- 
ing of the Proclamation « r\^^^ 
of Emancipation, Sept. 
22, 1862, presented to 
the U. S. by Mary E. 
Thompson. 48. N. Cor- 
ridor. 49. Library of 
the House, containing 
200,000 volumes of Pub- 
lic Docs, for reference. 

Galleries -^0. Ladies' THE HOUSE WING, ATTIC Si ORY AND galleries. 
and Private Galleries. 51. Private and Representatives' Family Galleries, 
52. Diplomatic Gallery. 53. Press Reporters' Gallery. 54. Private Gal- 
lery for Ladies. 55. Gentlemen's Gallery. 

56. H. Com. on Foreign Affairs. 57. H. Com on the Judiciary. 58. PL 
Com. on Commerce, 59. H. Com. on Public Lands. 60, 61. Ladies' 
Retiring Room ; a Matron is in attendance. 62. Press Reporters' Writing- 
Room. 63, Press Telegraph Office. 64. Ante-room. 65 H. Com. on 
Pacific Railroads and Pensions, 66. H. Com. on Elections. 67. H. Com. 
on Railways, Canals and Patents. 68. H. Com. on the District of Columbia, 
69, 70. H. Com, on Banking and Currency. 71. W. Grand (Marble) Stair- 
case, and Leutze's Chromo Silica, Westward Ho. 

From this floor the visitor should enter the Galleries, if the House of Re- 
presentatives be in session, (hour of meeting, 12 m.,) and pass a few moments 
in following the debates, with the aid of the accompanying Diagram. 

From the Attic Story the visitor should descend at once to the Principal 
Story, and thence proceed to the Lobby, 70, S. of the Hall of Representa- 
tives, (see Diagram, page 58, for references) The Lobby and LLall may be 
entered by visitors except when the House of Representatives is in session. 
It is, therefore, desirable to reach this portion of the building before 12 m., 
during sessions of Congress. In the Lobby is a gallery of Crayons of the 
Speakers of the House of Representatives. The Representative'^ s Retiring 
Rooms, 76-78, S. of the Lobby, from a fine suite of apartments. N. of the 
Lobby is the Hall of Representatives, {'ji), 139x93' and 36' high. The 
"floor" is Ii5'x67' and contains Desks for 325 Representatives and 8 
Delegates. The Cloak and Retiring Rooms open off the Hall. The Gal- 
leries over them will seat 2500 persons. The Hall is lighted, both by day 
and night from the ceiling, which consists of panels formed of iron girders 
set with ground-glass, decorated with appropriate centre pieces. On the r. 
of the Chair is the pedestal which supports The Mace, the insignia of authority 
of the House, which is placed there by the Sergeant-at-Arms or his represen- 
tative when the House is called to order. On the E. of the Chair is Vander- 
lyn's full-length Portrait of President Washington, and on the W. , Ary 
Schefifer's Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette, presented to Congress by the 



THE HOUSE WING, PRINCIPAL STORY. 



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Marquis, In the panels E. and W. of the doors entering the Lobby, are 
Bierstadts' paintings representing the Settlement of Calif ornta, and The Dis- 
cozery of the Hudson River. At the foot of the E. Grand Staircase, E. of the 
Hall, is Power's Statue of Jefferson, cost, $10,000. Over the landing is 






THE HALL UF KEPRLSENiAllVES. 

Carpenter's painting of the Si_£[ning of the Proclamation of Emancipa- 
tion, by President Lincoln, in the presence of his Cabinet, Sept. 22, 1863, 
presented to Congress by Mrs. Mary E. Thompson. W. of the Hall is the 
W. Gra7id Staircase, at the foot of which is Vincenti's bronze bust of Bee- 
She-Kec, a Chippewa Warrior. Over the landing is Leutze's Chroma Silica, 
Westward Ho, cost, $20,000. The Golden Gate, Harbor of San Francisco, 
beneath, is by Bierstadt. 

The room of the Com. on Ways and Means (67) is richly frescoed. In the 
room of the Com. on Military Affairs (63) is Lieut.-Col. Eas man's collection 
of paintings of the principal Forts of the U. S. The rest of the apartments 
in this part of the building are without special interest. 

Leaving the House wing, the connecting corridor, (59), opposite the 
mam door of the House, leads to the National Statuary Hall, (58). This 
magnificent apartment, before the extension of the. Capitol, was occupied 
by the House of Representatives. It consists of a semi-circle of 96' chord, 
and 57' high. In 1864 Congress invited each State to furnish, not exceed- 
ing two, marble or bronze statues of its deceased citizens, illustrious for dis- 
tinguished civil, military service, and designated this Hall to receive them. 
The Statues received in the order of their presentation to Congress, and 
now placed in position are: 



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THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 



Rhode Island. — Roger Williams, promoter of Civil and Religious Lib- 
erty in America, by Simmons, and Gen. A^athaniel Greene, of the Continental 
Armv, bv Brown. 





THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 

Connecticut, — Jonathan Trumbull, a Patriot of the Revolution, and 
from whom the term "Brother Jonathan" orignated, and Roger Sherman'- 
one of the Committee to Draft the Declaration of Independence, both by Ives. 

New York. — George Clinton. Signer of the Declaration of Indepenpence, 
and Vice-President of the U. S,, by Brown, and Robert R. Livingston, Chan- 
cellor who administered the oath to President Washington, 1789, by Palmer. 

Massachusetts. — John Winthrop, first Governor of ^lassachusetts, 1630, 
by R. S. Greenough, and Sainuel Adams, an early advocate of American 
Liberty, by Miss Whitney, Vermont. — Ethan Allen, Captor of Fort Tic- 
onderogA "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress," 
by Mead, and Jacob Collamer, a Senator, by Powers. Maine, — IVilliam 
King, first Governor of Maine, 1820, by Simmons, Pennsylvania. — Rob- 
ert Fulton, inventor and pioneer in Steam as a motive power for navigation, 
by Roberts, and Gen. Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, of the Continental Army, 
by IMiss Nevin. Among the other Statues in the Hall are Thomas Jefferson, 
Author of the Declaration of Independence, by P. T. David D'Angers. 
Alexander Ilaviilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, Horatio Stone, and 
Abraham Lincoln, by Miss Vinnie Ream, O er the N. door is Franzoni's 
Clock, representing the Car of Time. The hall also presents certain acoustic 
phenomena, which will be explained by persons near by, familiar with the hall. 

From the Statuary Hall the \nsitor will pass through the N. door and 
vestibule into the Rotunda. Thence from the W. door descending the steps, 
leave the building by the W. entrance. At the foot of the terrace is Story's 
heroic bronze statue of John Marshall Chief lustice of the U. S., iSoi-'35, 
erected in 18S4, by the Congress and the Bar of the United States. 
Cost of Statue and Pedestal, $40,000, The bassi relievi represent Minerva 
dictating the Constitution to America, and Commerce and Education bringing 



STATUE OF MARSHALL AND BOTANIC GARDEN. 



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forward a young boy, Agriculture, in one panel, and Victory bringing forward 
America to swear allegiance on the altar of the Union, in the other. 





STORY'S MARSHALL. 



NAVAL MONUMENT. 



The tourist will now take the broad walk, S. of the statue, to the Maryland 
Ave. entrance to the grounds, and thence N. by ist St., W., to the main 
entrance of the Botanic Gardens. In front of the Conservatories is the 
Bartholdi Fountain, 30' high wiih 9 outlets and an illuminating apparatus of 
12 lamps ignited by electricity, thus giving the effect of light and water. 
Cost, $5,000. The numbers on Map XII indicate the places of interest in 
the Garden, as follows : I. Rotunda of Conservatory, temperature 80° Fahr, 
containing varieties of Palms. 2. E. wing, temperature 40° and Range 50°. 
Plants of the South Sea Islands, South Africa, and Australia. 3. W. wing 
and Range, same temperature as E., Plants of China, Japan, East and West 
Indies, and Mexico. 4. Office of Superintendent. 5, 6. Propagating 
Houses. 7. Residence of Superintendent. 8. Packing Propagating Houses. 

After finishing the Garden, the tourist should return to ist St , W.,by the 
gate at which he entered, and thence walk to the Naval Monument, or 
Monument of Peace, by Franklin Simmons, at the Pennsylvania Ave. 
entrance to the Capitol Park. It was desimied by Admiral Porter, U. S. N., 
executed in Marble, erected in 1877, cost $21,000. Paid for out of subscrip- 
tions by the Officers of the Admiral's fleet after the fall of Fort Fisher, and 
Secretary of the Navy, Borie, and others. It is 44' high; represents History 
recording the woes narrated by America. On the plinths Victory is crowning 
young Neptune and Mars, and Peace offers the olive branch. Congress appro- 
priated $20,000 for the foundation and basin, and the latter statues, cost, $41,000. 



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THE EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTS. 



III.— EXECUTIVE MANSION AND VICINITY. 

Continued on Map XV. 




Points of Interest.— The Executive Mansion, the Departments of 
State, Treasury, War, Navy and Justice, Corcoran Galllery of Art, Signal 
Office, Ordnance Museum, Museum of Hygiene, Jackson and Rawhns 
Statues, St. John's Church, P. E., Columbian University, St. Matthew's 
Church, R. C, Treasury Photograph Office, Grand Opera House and Wash- 
ington Light Infantry Armory, U. S. Fish Ponds and Washington Obelisk. 



THE EXEC TIVE MANSION 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



The official residence of the President of the United States is variously 
styled The " President's House, " The " White House, " and its proper des- 
ignation, as above. 




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r-— -" -f 



^jai ' jiiljiJ-^i 



:!: ■::: ii'-i iiaieiia 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION — NORTH FRONT. 

The Building may be reached by Horse Cars from every part of the City. 
The Mansion is open to visitors on week-days unless a State Ceremony be 
pending, from lo A. M to 2 P. M. 




EXECUTIVE MANSION — SOUTH FRONT- 



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THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



Executive Mansion is of the Ionic order, is lyo'xSt)', two stories high, 
built of Aquii Creek (Potomac) free stone, painted white. It was the firsj 
public building commenced in the city, in 1792, immediatey after the plan 
was plotted on the ground. The Conseivatories (Xo. i on the map,) adjoin 
the building on the W. The total cost, including repairs in i8i5-'i8 to date, 
was $1,640,000. The East Room is open to visitors, but the suite of parlors 
can only be seen when not in use, through the courtesey of the ushers, to 
whom the request should be made. The rest of this floor is private. Those 
who wish to "pay their respects" to the President can do so by arriving 
shortly before 12 o'clock on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and 
proceeding to the ante-room (Xo. 8 on the diagran) on the 2d floor, and 
handing a card marked " to pay respects " to the person in charge. 

The Diagrams will locate and designate the apartments in the building. 




First Floor, Executive Mansion. 

First Floor. — I. Main Entrance and Vestibule. 2. Official Stairway. 3, 
The East Room. This is the promenading hall during entertainments. 
It is 8o'x4o' and 22' high, decorated in Greek style, and during evening 
levees presents a fine appearance. There is a fine portrait of General Wash- 
ington, the original purchased was a Gilbert Stuart, but was stolen by the artist 
employed to touch it up and was taken by him to England and sold. There 
is also a portrait of Mrs. Washington. The dress is an authentic copy of the 
costume of the time, made in Paris for a lady of wealth, to be worn at the 
Martha Washington Centennial tea-party at Philadelphia, in the year 1876. 
4. Green Room, containing portraits of Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk, and Mrs. 
Hayes, the wives of former Presidents. 5. Blue Room where the President 
or his lady receives on ceremonial or social occasions. 6. Red Room, the 
private or family parlor. 7. State Dining Room. 8. Passage-way to the 
Conservatories. 9. Butler's Pantry. 10. Private or Family Dining Room. 
II. Private Stairway. 12. Waiting Room for social callers. 13. Elevator. 
14. Grand Corridor. Mere may be seen an interesting gallery of portraits 
of the Presidents. 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



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The following Diagram of the second floor exhibits the arrangement of the 
official and family apartments. 




Second Float , Executive iMajtsion. 

Second Floor. — The second floor is arranged: I. Official Stairway. 2. 
Ante-room to President's Office. 3. Cabinet Room. Here the Cabinet 
meets at 12 m. Tuesdays and Fridays. 4. Private Secretary's Room. 5. 
Executive Clerk's and Record Room. 6. Public Corridor. 7. Office. 8. 
Ante-room. Here persons desiring to pay their respects to the President 
should enter, hand their cards to the person in charge and be seated. If they 
can be received they will be informed of the fact and receive the necessary 
directions from the usher. 9. — 10. Chambers. ii. Blue or State Bed 
Chamber. 12. Elevator and Bath Room. 13. President's Bed Chamber. 
14. Private Office of the President. 15. Private Corridor. 16 and 17 Cham- 
bers ; the latter was occupied by President Garfield during his surgical treat- 
ment after his assassination. 18. State Bed Chamber. 19. Library. Plere 
the President usually receives visitors to pay respects. There are here some 
fine portraits of Presidents. 

The Conservatories are open to guests during Levees or "Drawing Rooms." 
The Executive Mansion is now entirely inadequate to the demands of the 
social and official surroundings of the President. It is proposed to retain 
this building for the Executive Office, and to erect a suitable Executive Resi- 
dence on the Northern borders of the city. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 



OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST. 



The Department of State occupies the S. wing of the immense struc- 
ture W. of the Executive Mansion. Open week-davs except Diplomatic day 
(Thursdays,) from 9 A. M to 2 P- M. 




STATE, WAR AND NAVY BUILDING. 

From the entrance proceed along the corridor to the Elevator on the left 
about midway, and request to be taken to the Library, which is on the 3d fl. 
Here may be seen Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of 
Independence, the desk upon which it was written, and the original engrossed 
and signed copy; a case of historic relics, including Washington's war sword 
and other objects of interest. The volumes number 40,000. 

From the Library descend to the floor below to visit the Diplomatic Re- 
ception Room (Nos. 4 and 6,) which may be seen by inquiring of the mes- 
senger on the corridor. This apartment is not only richly finished and 
furnished, but contains fine portraits of Secretaries Jefferson, Webster, 
Seward, Washburn, Fish, Evarts and Blaine; also of Lord Ashburton. 
Leaving this room, visit the Diplomatic Ante- Room at the W, end of the 
corridor. Persons desiring to see the office of the Secretary of State should 
make the fact known to the messenger at the door and if not occupied he is 
at liberty to open the room. Should the Secretary be in and not engaged, a 
card *' to pay respects " sent by the messenger would receive attention. In 
the ante-room at the E. end of the corridor is a gallery of all the Secretaries 
of State from 1 789 to date. 



DEPARTMENTS OF NAVY AND WAR. 



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The floors below are of no special interest, being occupied by administra- 
tive Bureaus of the Department. The treaties with foreign powers are not 
exhibited. 

From the ante-room the tourist should pass into the corridor of the E. 
wing of the building occupied by the Department of the Navy. The 
office of the Secretary of the Navy (Nos. 97 and 98,) is on the E. side, op- 
posite the central stair cases, which should be examined as they are beauti- 
ful features of the building. They extend from the basement to the attic. 
The balusters, 1 106 in number, are of bronze, and the hand-rail of Central 
American Mahogany. The office of the Secretary may be viewed, if not 
occupied, by speaking to the messenger at the door. To meet the Secretary 
a card marked " to pay respects " will receive attention if that officer be not 
engaged. This room is beautifully finished and contains som'i fine portraits 
of Several of the later Secretaries, and models of cruisers. The Secret iry's 
private office adjoins on N. 

From the Secretary's office return to the elevator and ask to be taken to the 
Library, which is on the fourth floor. The entrance is a few steps N. of 
the elevator landing. This is the finest room in this wing. The walls are 
paneled in foreign and domestic marbles. In the four corners of the room 
are massive bronze symbolic figures combined with chandaliers. A gallery 
divides the hall into two stories, and over head is an artistically designed 
ceiling of iron and glass. The books are kept on shelves in the alcoves,''and 
number 12,000. After returning to the corridor the skylight over the grand 
•?- " ■—■ ..... stairway should be ex- 

..^'.-" r- ;n:ni:!( amined. From the roof 

y of the building at this 

point a fine vie7a of the 
city may be had. The 
key "may be obtained at 
the office of the Supt. of 
the Building, No, 108, 
floor below. 

The other floors of 
this wing are occupied 
by the administrative 
Bureaus of the Depart- 
ment. 

From the Library of 
the Navy Department 
decend one floor an I 
thence follow the cor- 
ridor towards the N. At 
the transverse corridor 
we enter the N. wing or 
Department of War. 










CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. 

The Library, 16,000 vols., may be entered at No. 69. Tnence take the 
elevator or stairways and descend to the second, or floor below. Here will 
be found the magnificent suite of apartments (Nos. 50 to 53,) of the Secretary 
of War '\Vid.\x(\ix\.g his office, (52,) the conference room, (50,) his private sec- 
retary's office, (51,; and the Secretary's Library, (53). In these rooms will 
be found a complete and interesting collection of portraits of the Secretaries 



34 



CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. 



of War and of distinguished generals. Admission may be obtained by speak- 
ing to the messenger at the Secretary's door. 

From this floor descend to the floor below to the Headquarters of the Army. 
The General receives by card from lo a. m. to 2 p. m. if not officially en- 
gaged. By permission of an aide, (Nos. 36 or 37.) visitors may view the 
rooms and their many objects of interest. 

Returning to 17th st, and crossing Pa. Ave. to the n. e. cor., we reach the 
Corcoran Gallery of Art. This building was erected by W. W. Cor- 
coran for the purposes of a Gallery of Art in 1859, but was used by the Gov- 
ernment iS6i-'9. In the latter year it was deeded to trustees by the donor 
for the purposes stated. The endowment fund is $900,000. The architec- 
tural details of the building, which cose $250,000, are attractive. On the Pa. 
Ave. front are 4 niches containing marble statues, by M. Ezekiel, represen- 
ting, beginning at the E., Durer (engraving), Raphael (painting), Phidias) 
(sculpturej and Angelo (architecture). In the 7 niches on 17th st, are 
statues of the great masters of painting and sculpture by the same sculptor, 
beginning on the S. of Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Crawford, Canova, 
Murillo and DaVinci. The main entrance is on Pa. Ave. The Gallery is 
open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, admission 25c.; and Tuesdays, 
Thursdays, and Saturdays, free. Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. from October 
to May; and 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. from May to October. 

DIAGRAM OF FLOORS, CORCORAN GALLERY. 




First Floor, 



Second Floor. 



First Floor. — I. Vestibule containing Bas Reliefs Busts of Roman and 
Greek celebrities, last days of Napoleon and other objects. 

II. Trustee's Room. IH. Hall of Bronzes and Ceramics. IV. Hall of 
Antique Sculpture. V. Hall of Modern Sculpture. VI. Gallery of the 
Renaissance. VII. Ladies' Retiring Room. VHI. Janitor's Room. 

Second Floor. — Hall and Stairway. — Statuary. X. Main Picture Gallery 
containing the main collection. XI. East Gallery — American portraits. 
XII. Southeast Gallery — Statuary and Paintings. XIII. Octagon Room. — 
Here is Power's Greek Slave (original). XIV. Southwest Gallery — Paintings. 
XV. West Gallery— Paintings. 



U. S. SIGNAL OFFICE— MUSEUM OF HYGIENE. 



35 



^ One sq ^ on (he s. w. cor. of 17th and H sts., n. w., is the magnificent 
building of the Metropolitan Club, the chief social organization of the 
capital. Strangers may be introduced to the hospitalities of the club through 
one of Its members. Diagonally opposite are the Richmond Flats. 

From the Corcoran Gallery of Art 
a few minutes walk E. will bring 
the tourist to Lafayette Square, 
in the centre of which is Clark Mills' 
Bronze Statue of Andrew Jack- 
son, unveiled in 1853, cost $50,000. 
The church on the N. of the sq,; 
n. e. cor. i6th and H sts., n. w., is 
St. John's, P. E., one of the his- 
toric ecclesiastical structures of the 
city. Amongits members have been 
Presidents Madison, Jackson and 
Arthur; Secretaries of State Fish, 
Frelinghuysen, Evarts, and other 
distinguished personages. On the 
E. side. No. 23 15^ St., facing this! 
sq., is the house occupied by the' 
Cosmos Club, composed of special- 
ists or persons interested in science, 
!inHnl"t?.°[ ^T ;?^'''?"Sers in the city wi'l be shown through the building 

iTl?. . /^^/'^'-rV'^'' ""^^ ^^^°^^ ^^"^^''^S ^i^h>" the range indicated 
may be introduced to the hospitalities of the club by one of its members. 

Pred W'c ^ < ^^^ ^^ '^^ J^''^"^ sate and crossing the Ave., enter the 

President s grounds and proceed to the Executive Mansion 




MILLS JACKSON 



From the Executive Mansion the tourist should proceed to the W. main 
gate on Pa. Ave., and thence to the Department of [ustice. This build- 
ing was erected by the Freedman's Savings and Trust Co.; was rented in 
1871 and purchased by the U. S. in 1882, for $250,000. It is of Potomac 
Seneca stone, 4 stories high. 

The Department, open from 9 a. m, to 2 p. m., occupies the second and 
upper stories. The Entrance is at the W. end of the S. front. The Eleva- 
tcrr may be reached by the temporary passage W. of the main entrance. The 
suite oi apartments occupied by the /^//^r//6'j-6'c'«c'rrt/consists of the A'torney- 
General's office in the s. e. cor. 2d fl., and ranging N., the Private Secretary's 
Room, Parlor and Ante- Room. These rooms are tastefully furnished and 
contain a Gallery of Portraits of the Attorneys-General of the U. S. from the 



36 



DEPATMENT OF JUSTICE. 



oundation of the Government. ,, ^- ^ j ., 

through the messenger at the Attorney-General s ofhce. A card 
^nerts " handed in through the messenger before 12 m. will receiv 



Permission to view these may be obtained 

to pay re- 

SDects," handed in through the messenger betore 12 m. win receive attention 

if the Attorney-General be at liberty. There is also a fine Lthary, 18,000 

vols., on the 4th fl., which will be explained by the Librarian m charge. 
Returning to the Ave. 

the rooms of the Court 

OF Claims, open from 

9 a. m. to 4 p. m., may 

be entered at door No. 

1509. There is a fine 

Court Room reached 

through the bailift's 

room. vSessions of the 

Court are held from the 

first Monday in Dec. to 

May or June. 

From'lhe building of; 

the Dep. of Justice the ;: 

tourist should recross Pa ; 

Av. and enter theTREAS- ; 
uryBuild'g, open from \ 
9 a. m. to 2 p. m., by i 
the N. entrance. This 
immense edifice, consist- 
ing of a basement, two 
stories and attic, occu 
pies a paralellogram 
5 io'x28i' including por- 
ticoes. The E. lagade 
includingthe colonnade, 
or the original portions 
of the building, erected 
i836-'43, is of Virginia 
iree-stone, and the re- 
maining facades erected 
i855-'69, are of Maine 
granite. The Colonnade 
on the E. consists of 30 

Ionic columns. Thecol- . oti/'ViJo-V. 

umns in other portions of the building are granite and monolithic, 31 ijj''^^' 
The building cost $6,000,000 Immediately N. of the bui ding is a fountain 
fbrmed of an immense granite vase, the tassa of which 12' in diameter, was 
cut from a single block of grani'e. , ^^ ^ _, 

Aftereitering the building the first point of interest is the US. Treasury 
or CahKoom L the N. corridor of the main floor This is a fine room ex- 
tending through two stories, with a bronze balustrade, and panelled m foieign 
and domestic marbles. In this room all cash disbursements or payment of 
drafts on the Treasury are made. There is a vault for curren monies of the 
US. containing from thirty to a hundred million dollars at a time at the 
E. end of the room; this is not open to the general public. Returning to 




The Department of Justice. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 



37 



the corridor, a permit may be obtained from the U. S. Treasurer, in Room 98, 
E. end of the corridor, to visit the vault, Room 1 10, containing the securities 
of National Banks. Also obtain permission at the same time to visit the 
Redemption Division in the basement. The messenger escorting parties to 
the vaults will also direct them to the entrance, which is in the basement, 
directly beneath the U. S. Treasurer's office. Here may be seen the count- 
ing, by ladies, of notes sent to the Treasury for redemption, and the cancel- 
lation and destruction of the same. While in these apartments the Silver 
vaults of the Treasury will be shown. Here is constantly stored from 50 to 
100 tons of silver. 

From the Redemption Division proceed to the W. corridor near the S. end 
of which is the Office of the Szipe? vising Architect of the Treasury. Here may 
be seen highly executed drawings of elevations and plans of the Public Build- 
ings erected by the U. S., peculiarly interesting to architects and civil engin- 
eers. The Chief Clerk (Room 33) will give the necessary permit to special- 
ists, or others interested, to visit the Draughtitig Room. Continuing into 
the S. corridor, take that corridor to the Elevator^ S. end of the E. corridor, 
and ask to be taken to the Secretary's (2d) floor. 




tJ'f'jil 








m^ 



DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 

This suite of apartments is in the s. e. cor. of the building. In the adjacent 
S. corridor, and in the offices of the Secretary (3), and Assistants (7 and 9), 
and Chief Clerk (5), are the Portraits of the Secretaries of the Treasury. 
The messenger can arrange to view this gallery; also " to pay respects " to 
the Secretary. At the centre of the N. corridor, reached by the E. or W. 
corridors is the door to the Gallery of the Cash Room from which an excel- 
lent view of this apartment may be had. On the W. corridor on the floor 
above (Room. 35) are the quarters of the SECRET Service Division of the 
Treasury, in which may be seen an interesting collection of implements 
used by counterfeiters, and photographs, or a "Rogues Gallery" of noted 
characters in this line. The Treasury Library, 15,000 vols., may be reached 
by the stairway from this floor in the n. w. cor. of the attic story. The 
Librarian will explain the features of interest. Returning to the 3d fl. take 
the E. corridor to the S. end, and thence by the ^/mz/i^r descend to the ist 
fl , thence take the S. corridor to the S. main entrance and portico. Leave 



38 



FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE CAPITOL. 



the building at this point. From this portico a fine view may be had of Pa. 
Ave. and the Capitol in the distance. 

The small Germanized-Swiss building directly S. is the Photograph 
Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, open to specialists or 
others interested, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Enter by the E. door in the N. 
front and ascend to the operating room on the 2d floor. Here may be seen 
the printing from paper photographic negatives of elevations, and working 
plans of public buildings being erected by the U S. 

After leaving this building proceed to 15th St. and Pa. Ave,, on the s. e. 
cor. of which (B on Map III) is the office of the Quartermaster-General, 
U. S. A. Immediately S. on 15th St. is the Grand Opera House and Armory 
of the Washington Light Infantry, erected in 1884. 




BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, (SEE PAGE 33.) 

At this point the tourist has a choice of routes, one directly to the Capi.ol 
by street car, via. Pa. Ave., and the other by a detour to the U. S. Fish 
Ponds, Washington Obelisk, and points along The Mall, including the Pro- 
pagating Garden, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of Agri- 
culture, Industrial Flail, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, and 
Central Station U. S. Fish Commission. The tourist who desires to see the 
city in detail, should take the detour route. 

Detour, via. Monument Park and the Mall. — Points of interest on 
the N. border of Map III can be omitted here and visited from the line of the 
Metropolitan R. R. on the tour W. through the West-End, and N. sections 
of West Washington. The following detour must be made afoot or in a con- 
veyance. The points, however, are not distant from each other, and follow 
consecutively, and can be best and most conveniently seen as given below. 

After leaving the Treasury Building and Photograph Office, and reaching 



U. S. FISH PONDS— WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



39 



15th St., the tourist should proceed S. entering the President's Grounds^ op- 
posite the Grand Opera House and Washington Light Infantry Armory. 




THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (SEE PAGE 46.) 

The stroll from 15th St. to B St., N., opposite the W. entrance to the Drive, 
presents an excellent view of the S. front of the Executive Mansion and 




THE CONSERVATORIES— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, (SEE PAGE 42.) 

grounds, (see engraving on page 33.) On the lawn, (No. 2 on Map II,) 
during the Summer season, on Saturdays, from May to October the U. S. 



40 



WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



Mar'me Band performs 
for the public from 5.30 to 
7.30 p. m. At B St., N., 
which is the S. limit of the 
President's Grounds, the 
tourist enters the Drive. 
A few steps S. on the W. 
is the entrance to the U. 
S. Fish Poxds, open from 
8 a. m. to 4 p. m. TheE., 
W.. N. and S. Ponds are 
devoted to the propagation 
of Carp, and the smaller 
Ponds to ornamental fish. 
There is also a Turtle Pond. 
After leaving the U. S. 
Fish Ponds the tourist will 
proceed by the drive to the ~^- 
Washington Obelisk or ^e:=e^: 
National Monument. The g: 
small grey stone planted i;-: ; 
s. w. of the Obelisk marks T; 
the Meridian of the D. C. r/' 



The Washington Obelisk 
OR National Monument, is 

the loftiest human construction 
in the world. The Shaft of 
Maryland marble is 555''4" 
high, 55'!^" square at the 
base, and 34'5J4" at the top 
(500 ft. mark). The walls are 
15' thick at the base, and 18" 
at the top. The work was com- 
menced in 1848, and abandon- 
ed at 178' high in 1855. In 
1876 the Government took 
charge of the completion of 
the Obelisk and made liberal 
appropriations to that end. 
In 1878, Lieut. -Col. Thomas 
L. Casey, U. S. Engineers in 
charge, and Capt. George W. 
Davis, 14th U. S. 



^^8» 




WASHINGTON OBELISK, (SEE PAGE 3I.) 



WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



IV.-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND VICINITY. 

Contimu-d on Map XIV. 

Infantry, assistant, were assigned 
to duty on the obelisk. In Aug. 
1884 the obeHsk reached 500', 
from which point the pyramidal 
roof began and was raised to 55', 
the cap stone beins placed in po- 
sition Dec. 6, 1884. The inter- 
ior is fitted with iron steps, 900 to 
the 500 ft, landing, and an eleva- 
tor running to the top. On the 
inner walls are the stone tablets 
or blocks contributed by the vStates 
and Territories of the U. S., 
Indian Nations, Foreign Govern- 
ments, Municipalities and Civic 
and Academic Organizations. 
\Vhen work by the Monument 
Society ceased, $230,000 had 
been expended and Congress has 
appropriated $900,000. Total cost 
$1,130,000, The highest structure 
el in the world next to the Wash:ng- 
ton Obelisk (555'4"») is the new 
City Building, at Philadelphia, 
537'. The next is the Cathe- 
dral at Cologne, Germany, the 
spires of which have an altitude of 
524' II". The Capitol of the U. S., 
to the top of the Statue of Freedom 
is 307'. It is proposed by the 
Society when the care of the obehsk 
consigned to them, to run 
the elevator for the convenience 
of the public at a small fee for cost 
of running the necessary machin- 
ery and pay of engineers. The 
( Continued on page 33. ) 




Points ofInrerest. — Pro- 
pagating Gardens, Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing, De- 
partment of Agriculture and 
Grounds, Long Bridge, Engine 
House No. 3. References:— 
A. Main Pension Office. B. 
Branch Pension Office. C 
Depot Commissary. 



42 dep't of agriculture— bureau of engraving, etc. 



ascent by the steps will be free, but under proper regulations as to time and 
number of visitors. The grounds in the immediate vicinity of the obelisk 
will be appropriately beautified. 

From the Washington Obelisk a short walk will bring the tourist to the 
Propagating Gardens, Public Grounds. Here trees, shrubs, flowers 
and foliage plants are grown for the ornamentation of the Public Parks 
and Reservations, under the direction of an officer of the U. S. A., assigned 
to the charge of public buildings and grounds. The forcing houses, nursery 
and collection of sub-tropical plants, are interesting. 

The tourist will now continue to the Bureau of Engraving and Print- 
ing, (see engraving page 27,) which stands on B and 14th Sts., s. w., and is 
open from 9.30 to 11.45 ^- ^-^ ^"^ 12.30 to 2 p. m. AppHcation to visit the 
building must be made to the officer of the watch, at the main entrance, who 
will assign a proper person to conduct visitors to the points of interest, and 
explain to them the interesting process of the manufacture of paper money 
and bonds. The building of brick in the Romanesque style, 220^x135', was 
erected in iSyS-'So and cost $300,000. 

A short distance S. of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the historic 
Long Bridge, over which the National Armies marched into Virginia during 
the Rebellion, 1861-':;. The track on 14th St. is a branch of the Capitol N. O 
St. and S. W. R. R.,"'or "Belt Line," from Pa. Ave. to the Bureau of En- 
graving and Printing. 

The grounds of the Department of Agriculture are artistically laid out. 

The building of the Department of Agriculture, open from 9 a. m. 
to 4 p. m., was erected in 1868, is i7o'x6i', with a basement, 3 full stories 
and mansard roof, and cost $140,420. The main entrance is on the N. and 
the Office of the Commissioner, No. 2 on the Diagram. Those who wish 
"to pay respects," can hand in their cards by the messenger. The Diagra7it^ 
will indicate the points of interest in the building. 




first floor, department of agriculture. 

First Floor. — A. Main Entrance. B. Main Staircase to the Museum. 
C. and D. Private Stairways, i. Statistician. 2. Office of the Commissioner 
of Agriculture. 3. Private Office of Commissioner. 4. Library, 12,000 vols* 
5. Disbursing Clerk 6. The Chief Clerk. 7. File Room. 8. Clerks. 9, 
Chemist and Mineralogical Collection. 10. Chemist's Office, ii. Labra- 
tory. 12, 13, and 14, Clerks. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND VICINITY. 



V. -SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM 
AND VICINITY. 

Continued on Map XIII. 



ETJE 






Mariet. 



t:^ 




Continued mi Map VI. 
Points of Interest.— Henry Statue, Smithsonian Institution, National 
Museum, U. S. Fish Commission Central Station, 5t. Dominic's R. C. Church, 
Jefferson School Building, Baltimore and Potomac Station, Central Market, 
Lincoln Hall, Metropolitan M. E. Church. 



44 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HENRY STATUE. 




SECOND FLOOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Second Floor. — A and B. Private Stairways. 15. Museum of Agriculture, 
exhibiting the agricultural productions of the U.S., and manufactures there- 
from, and samples of cereals from foreign countries. The attendant in the 
Museum Hall will explain the exhibit if requested. 16. Museum of Botany, 
containing,! 50,000 specimens of dried plants of North America. 17. Botan- 
ist's Room. 18. Retiring and Store Rooms. 19. Clerks. 20. Cabinet of 
Entomology, comprising a collection of insects injurious and beneficial to 
agriculture. 21. Entomologist's Private Office. 

The Stairway B leads to the 3d fl. to the Microscopic, and to the Attic to the 
Forestry and Veternary Divisions in the W. wing. The Stairway A leads 
to the Statistical Division on the 3d fl. of the E. wing. 

The points of interest (see Map IV) within the Agricultural Grounds are: 
I. Industrial Hall, containing an exhibit of the products of certain sections 
of the country, and other objects of interest. 2, Book and vSeed Division, 
where the publications and seeds of the Department are packed for distribu- 
tion. On the 2d fl. are also the Offices and Examination Rooms of the Civil 
Service Commission. 3. The Conservatories, 320^x30' , which contain a 
large collection of plants of economic value. 4. Four Propagating Houses, 
viz. the Orange, Persimmon, Olive and Date Palm Houses, and two for 
miscellaneous plants. 5. The Grapery, containing the finest varieties. 6. 
Rose House. 7. Stables. 8 Experimental Garden. 
o 

From the Agricultural Grounds the tourist will cross 12th St. (see Map V, 
page 34) and enter that portion of the Mall assigned to the Smithsonian 
Institution and iVational Museum. The line of street cars on 12th St., is the 
Capitol, N. O St. and S. Washington, or "Belt Line." (From Map IV in- 
to Va. Ave. on Map V.) The first object of interest reached is Story's semi- 
heroic Bronze Statue of Prof. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution, N. of the W. wing of the Smithsonian Building. 
This Statue was erected by Congress, unveiled in 18S1, and cost $15,000. 

The small brick building S., (No. I on Map V) is used by the Taxidermist. 

A short distance E, is i\\Qms.h\ entrance to \he Smithsonian Institution 
Building, open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. This structure, of the Norman 
Style of the 12th century, is 447'xi6o', built of Potomac Seneca stone, in 
l847-'56; cost, $450,000. The Institution was founded by James Smithson, 
of London, England, who bequeathed his estate to his nephew for life, and 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



45 



thereafter "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian 
Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge 
among men." The sura realized was $515,169. The building and main- 
tenance has been paid for out of accretions of interest, the principal remain- 
ing intact. The First Floar of the main building contains the Exhibition of 
Birds of the National Museum, 8,000 speci- 
mens. The connecting range and cloister 
on the W. contain the Alcoholic Specimens, 
and the Gothic Hall at the extreme W. the 
Exhibition of Im'ertebrates. The entire E. 
wing is used by the Administrative Offices 
of the Institution, the National Museum and 
U. S. Fish Commission. On the 2d fli. of 
the main building is the collection of the 
Department of Antiquities of the National 
Museum, the finest on this hemisphere. 

The tourist will next continue his way a 
few steps towards the E. to the Romanesque 
structure occupied by the National Mus- 
eum, open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. 
Main entrance on the N. This edifice, one 
of the best, designed for the purpose, in the 
world, is of brick, 327^x327', covers 2.35 a., 
was erected in 1879 and cost $250,000. 
Over the entrance is an allegorical group 
representing Columbia as the protectress of 
Science and Industry. This semi-heroic 
piece of sculpture was executed by Eeirbel in Ohio gray free stone. The ap- 
proach to the principal entrance is from the N. by granite steps 37' wide 
with moulded side blocks to a richly tiled platform. 




STORY S HENRY. 




THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



46 



THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The Diagram will explain the arrangement of this interesting collection. 




FLOOR PLAN OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

I. Main Entrance. 2. Main Vestibule. Here visitors may register their 
names and are required to deposit umbrellas, canes and packages, no fee 
being charged. 

3 and 6,"Telephone and Telegraph Rooms. 4 and 5, Superintendent's 
Office. 7 and 10, Assist mt Superintendent's Office. 9. Assorting Room. 
8. Stairway to Balcony used by the Preparator. ii. Main North Hall, de- 
voted to the historical collection representing all Nations. 

12. The Rotunda. Statuary and Fountain. The Stainvays lead to the 
Galleries for the use of visitors. 

13. Northwest Court, Pottery Collection. 14. Lecture Hall. 15. Plall- 
-way to Executive Office. 16. Executive Office. 

17. Library. The 2d fl. of this pavilion is devoted to Executive Offices. 

18. Northwest Range. Materia, Medica and Food Exhibit. 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION. 



47 



19. West Hall. Ceramics, Textiles, Ethnology. 

20. 1st fl. Curator of Materia Medica. 2d fl. Curator of Ethnology. 21. 
West Entrance, closed. 

22. 1st fl. Property Clerk and Assistant Curator Department of Rocks. 
2d fl. Curator of Ethnology. 

23. Southwest Range. Department of Metallurgy. 

24. Southwest Court. At present. Assorting Room of Departments of 
Metallurgy and ivock", 25. Z^Iachiuist's Lal^ratory "^ E^^^^'r ;; : 
to Chemical Labrav-^ry. 27, Curator of Metallurgv 



28. West South ; 

29. South Hal', 

30. 1st fl. Cur . rw 
mals. 31. Soutl 

fl. Curator of foss 
33, East Souri: 
Insects, and Phot l 
Roo7)i for gentlemiin. 
37. Southeast P.an 



gej Dvipr-rtment of Rocks and Minerals, 
v.r.rnent of Mammals. 
Invertebrate Palaeontology. . 2d fl. Curator or Mam- 
ie, closed. 32. 1st fl. Office of Paleontologist. 2d 

,e, Department of Osteology. 34. 2d fl. Curator of 
tier. 1st fl. In the extreme corner is Public Comfort 
35 and 36. Public Comfort Room for ladies. 
:, Antiquities and Model of the Town of Zuni. 
38. Southeast Court, used for storage. 39. East Hall, Ethnology. 
40 and 41. 1st fl. Cafe. 2d fl. Modeler. 42. East Entrance, closed. 43 
and 44. Acting '"uralor of Food and Textiles, and Curator of Fish and 
Fisheries. 2d fl. Asoi^lant Modeler. 

45. Northeast vange, Y'isheries — Boats. 46. Northeast Court, Assorting 
Room. 47. Eas N -Ir Range, Fish — Fishing. 48. Assorting Room, Orni- 
thologist — Eggs. 

49. The Chem al Labvatory of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
The Downing \'ps:, erected by the American Pomological Society to the 
memory of A. J. ' 'wninj,- who laid out these grounds, is S. of the building. 




THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



THE WHARVES OF WASHINGTON. 



After leaving rhe National Museum the tourist should continue E. across 
the park to 7th St., W., here he will reach the 7th St. Branch of the W. and 
G. R. R. extending N. to Pa. Ave. (exchange tickets given) and the Boundary, 
and S. to the Steamer's Wharves and Washington Barracks. 

Before taking the cars he should visit, from this point, the U. S. Fish Com- 
VI.— THE STEAMER AND FISH 
WHARVES. 
Continued on Map V. 




ster and Fish Wharves,, 
gton Channel. Potomac 



^'acks,'6XiA from thence the Washing ■: 



m isi ion Biiilding, 
n. \v. cor. B and 
6th Sts., s. w. The 
large building on 
the"l. with tlie liigh 
lowers is the Sta- 
tion of the B. .and 
P. R. R. 

■ In the building 
of the U. S. Fish 
Commission, Cen- 
tral Station, 
open from 9 a. m. 
to 4 p. m., entrance 
on 6th St., on the 
basement fl., from 
Oct. 20 to June 10, 
may be seen in 
operation the ap- 
T^liances and pro- 
.esses offish hatch- 
;• g, and the distai- 
.tion of Carp 
omthe U. S. Fish 
*onds which the 
ourist is supposed 
.0 have already 
visited. There are 
usually some fine 
specimens of fish 
on exhibition in 
the small tanks in 
;he same room. 

Having visited 
the Central Station 
of the U. S. Fish 
Commission, the 
lurlst should re- 
am to 7th St. and 
I here take the 
;iOrse cars S. in 
' der to visit the 
•';■ V Yard. 



Car Route from Pa. Ave., South, via. The Smii Ionian Grounds 
AND Steamer Wharves to the Washington Barracks.— Having left 



THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 



49 



the main line of the W. and G. R. R. at Pa. Ave., (see Map V, 7th St.,) the 
cars pass the Central Market Honse, the finest in the city, on the r. At B 
St. they cross the track of the Metropolitan Horse R. R. The B and P. R. 
R. Station is on the 1. Here they enter the Mall, the broad park which con- 
nects the parks of the Executive Mansion and Washington Obelisk with the 
Botanic Gardens and Capitol Grounds. On the r. a short distance beyond 
may be seen through the trees, the pavilions of the National Museum and 
towers of the Smithsonian Institution. The building on the 1. is occupied 
by the U. S. Fish Commission. At B St., S., the large building in the dis- 
tance, on the r., is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. At the intersec- 
tion of Md. Ave. and CSt. this line crosses the tracks of the "Belt Line" 
Horse R. R., and the B. and P. Steam R. R. leading W. to the Long Bridge 
and to Alexandria, and on Va. Ave. it crosses the connecting tracks of the 
B. and P. R. R. to Baltimore. This portion of the city, on Md. and Va. 
Aves, is given up to the terminal facilities of the B. and P. R. R, At D St., 
one square E. is the Jeffersoti Public School Building, one of the finest in the 
city, on the s. e. cor. of D and 6th Sts , s. w., and at E St., the St. Dominic'' s 
R. C. Churchy on the s. w. cor. of E. and 6th Sts., s. w., a stately ecclesias- 
tical structure, may be visited from this line. The line now passes the wharves 
of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria Ferry and other lines of Steamers. (See 
Map VI). Arlington and Fort Myer may be seen on the hills in Virginia. 

At P St. the cars turn E. to the main gate of the Barracks Grounds. 

The Capitol, N. O St. and S. Washington R. R. or ''Belt Line," by way 
of nth St., and the 9th St. branch of the Metropolitan R. R., by way of 4!/^ 
St., will also convey the tourist from intersections of main lines in the heart 
of the city, to the same wharves. 





THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 

The Washington Barracks, the Grounds comprising 70 a., are open 
from sunrise to sunset. Visitors may pass the Sentry at the gate by stating 
their desire to view the grounds. During the absence of the garrison in 
summer camp, from July till October, the gates are often closed, owing to 



so 



THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 



■o 



\^Wni!jf- Yhraf 



the insufficient force left for ordinary V 1 1. — WAS H I N G TO N B A R- 

guard duty. At this time visttors RACKS AND VICINITY. 

should mention to the sentry at the _ ± 1__^^_ Car-s— 

gate their desire to see the comman- ^ ■ 

ding officer, and having passed the 

sentry should repair at once to the ^ 

headquarter's building, No. lo on -^ 

the Diagram, and make their wishes s 

known, when their request will be ^^ . 

granted After entering tlie gate, ^ 

on the r., is the inner channel of the .| 

Potomac, taken by the lines of s \ 

Steamers to the Wharves, on Map ^ -^ 

VI. 



The Map VII will locate the 
points of interest within the Bar- 
racks Grounds. 

I. Main gate. 2. Picket Guard 
House. 3. Hospital. 4. Maga 
zines. 

5. Firing Stand of Rifle Range. 
This Range 1,000 yards long, is the 
finest in the Eastern States. Prac- 
ticing by the Artillery Team daily, 
from 9 to II a. m., weather permit- 
ting. 6. Fish Ponds. 7. Com- 
manding and 8 Field Officers Quar- 
ters. 9. Guard House. In front 
of this site stood the scaffold upon 
which Mrs. Surratt and the other 
conspirators in the assassination of 
President Lincoln were hanged. 

10. Headquarters Washing- 
ton Barracks. II. Officer's 
Quarters. 12. Commissary, Quarter- 
master, and Ordnance Offices. 13. 
Barracks. 14. Stables. 15. Barracks 
16. Store, 17. Bake, 18. Ice, 19, 
and 20, Tool Houses. 21. Gard- 
ener's Cottage. 22. Store House. 
23. Wagon Shed. 24. Battery 
Park. 25 and 26 Carpenter Shop. 
27. Wood and Coal Plouses. 28. 
Light Battery Stables. 29. Mar- 
ried Men's Quarters. 30. Band 
Quarters. 

( Continued on page 43.) 









Points of Interest. — The 
Washington Barracks, Greenleaf 
Point and Potomac River. 




NAVY YARD, MARINE BARRACKS, ETC. 



51 



VIII.— NAVY YARD AND MARINE BARRACKS. 

Continued on Map XI. 




D 






I I P 

u ^ 



7les.l.58J6 



nr^^a c?, 






D 




ANACOSTIA R. or EASTEEJS' BRANCH of POT. 



Points of Interest.— The Washington Navy Yard, Vessels of War, 
Marine Barracks, and Naval Hospital. 



52 



THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. 



•;i to ^7, Officer's Quarters. 38. Butt of Firing Range. 

^Q Wharf on Anacostia. 40. Wharf on Potomac where the assassin 
Booth's, body was landed. The view down the river trom here is fine. 
Alexandria may be seen on the Va. side, and the Government Insane Asylum 
on the hill on the D. C. side. , ., 

41. Battery Drill Ground with Mortars and Guns. Dnllmg 10 a. m. daily 
except Sundays, and unfavorable weather. 42. Garrison Flag btatt 

After leaving the main gate of the Barracks grounds, a short walk on 4^ 
St to M St., S. will bring the tourist to the line of the Anacostia and Poto- 
mac Horse R. R. This line starts at 7th and M Sts , s. w., at the wharves, 
where it intersects the 7th St. Branch of the W. and G. R. R., and at 4>4.St. 
the Metropolitan R. R. Exchange tickets 3 cts. additional given on either ime. 




THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. 

This line crosses the James Cfe.k Canal by an Iron Bridge, ^s Canal 
walled on both sides and 6' deep, is used by boats laden with wood and sand- 
It also forms the outlet of the great Tiber Sewer, which may ^^ ^^en at the 
W. end of the Canal. At South Capitol St., looking W., a fine view may be 
had of the S. facade of the Capitol, and across the Anacosta, crowning the 
hill the Government Hospital for the Insane. , 

The tourist next reaches the n. w. cor. of the Navy Yard wall with a 
bracketted sentry box overlooking the N. and W. approaches At 8th St K 
he alights in front of the imposing entrance to the Yard. From thi. point 
this Ihie of cars continues to nth St. E., thence across the Anacostia to a 
point near the Insane Asylum. 

The Navy Y\rd is open from sunrise to sunset, daily, except ^unday. 
Visitors c:in tntex by speaking to the Sergeant of the marine guard at the 
ea'e The Yard compdses 42 a. on the N. bank of the Anacostia, or Eastern 
Branch of the Potomac River, about I m. from its confluence with the latter 
stream. It is accessible to vessels of 20' draught. It is now the chief Yard 
for the manufacture of naval supphes. _ r- . . 

The numbers on Map VIII direct the tourist to the places of interest. 



THE MARINE BARRACKS. 



53 



1. Main Gate. On the r. are the Headquarters of the Marine Guard and 
Guard Room, and on the 1. Marine Officer's Quarters. A, is the Flag Staff. 
The Guns were captured from the Tripolitan pirates. 

2. Office of Commandant. Here permits may be obtained to enter the 
shops or go aboard the vessels. 3. Residence of the Commandant. 4. Resi- 
dence of the Captain of the Yard. 5. Officer's Quarters. 6. Dispensary. 
6%. Civil Engineer's Office. 7. Residence of the Ordnance Officer. 8. 
Western Gate. 

9. Museum of Naval Relics and Weapons. 10. Stables. 11 Labratory. 
12, Ordnance Store House, containing an interesting collection of Ship's, 
Guns. 13. Labratory. 14. Paint Shop. 15. Magazine. 16 and 17, 
Ordnance Shops. 18. Gun Park. 19. Ordnance Foundry. 

20. Saluting Battery. 21. Saw Mill. 22. West Ship House. 

23. Experimental Battery. The range extends across the channel to the 
Naval Magazine grounds in the distance. 24. Timber Store House. 25. 
Commandant's Boat House. 2d fl. Yard Reading Room. At the wharf 
the tourist may go aboard the Monitor in the stream. 26. East Ship House. 
27. Copper Smith. 28 and 29. Brass Foundry. 30. East Gate. 31 and 32, 
Naval Store House. 33. Copper Rolling Mill. 34. Rigging Store House. 
35. Anchor Shop. 36. Paymaster's Stores. 37. Forge Hammer. 38. 
Machine and Blacksmith Shops. 39. Store House. 

After leaving the Navy Yard instead of taking the W. and G. R. R. which 
starts opposite the Yard entrance, the tourist should visit the Marine Bar- 
racks, 4 squares N. on 8th St. 

The Marine Barracks, main etitfonce gate on 8th St., is open to visitors 
from sunrise to sunset, it being simply necessary to mention their object to 
the Sergeant of the gnard at the gate, in order to pass. The long line of low 
buildings on 8th St. are the Barracks, and the large building in the centre 
the Headquarters, all of which open on the parade within. The Armory is 
on the S. side, and contains many interesting flags captured by the corps. 
The most suitable time, for those who can do so, for a visit, is Mondays, dur- 
ing the winter at 10.30 a. m. during General Inspection, when the Garrison is 
paraded, weather permitting. These exercises are followed by a concert 
by the Marine band for the entertainment of visitors. 

On G St., 2 squares W. of the Marine Barracks is the Christ Episcopal 
C/iurch, the oldest church edifice in the city, having been erected about 1800. 

One square N. of the Marine Barracks on 9th and E Sts., s. e., is the 
Naval Hospital, open atter 12 m. It is for the treatment of sick or dis- 
abled officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps. 

At this point the tourist can return by horse cars to the Capitol, or most 
conveniently visit the Congressional Cemetery^ Washington Asylum and 
U. S. Jail. 

Car Route to the Capitol. — After leaving the Navy Yard, and having 
visited the Marine Barracks and Naval Hospital, and not desiring to visit the 
Congressional Cemetery, Washington Asylum and U. S. Jail, the tourist will 
take the W. and G. R. R. at the nearest point. From 8th St., E., the cars 
turn W. into the broad thoroughfare of Pa. Ave. At 7th St., on the r., is the 
Wallack School Building. At different points (see Map XI) along the way 
are trianglar parks, beautified with shrubbery and fountains. At 2d St. the 
cars turn into B St., passing near the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 
on the r., and (see Map XII) at ist St., E., reach the s. e. cor. of the East 



54 



CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, JAIL, ETC. 



Park of the Capitol. The cars here continue along the entire length of the 
park to 1st St., W., with a fine view of the Capitol the entire distance. 

The tourist returning to the Capitol from ihe Navy Yard, should alight at 
New Jersey Ave. if he desires to visit ihe Coast and Geodetic Survriv Build- 
ing. Here will be seen the whole process of Draughting, Copper-Engraving, 
Electrotyping and Printing Charts. The U. S. standard Weights and Meas- 
ures are also kept here. 

From New Jersey Ave. the cars continue in the direction of West Wash- 
ington. vSee Maps XII, V, IV, III, II, and I, showing the points of interest 
along the line. Those who do not desire to visit that building should alight 
at the cor. of A and ist Sts., s. e., and enter the East Capitol Park, and 
stroll towards the Capitol. This will afford an excellent opportunity to view 
the Eastern front, its sculpture and the Eastern Park. Having viewed this 
the tourist should continue to the central portico, and enter at the great 
Bronze Door. The Capitol interior is described in its proper place. 




iiiSiiiiiiiiiip!:': 



the u. s. jail. 

Detour, vl\. the Congressional Cemetery, Washington Asylum 
AND U. S. Jail, to the Statue of Eman»cipation. — The tourist wishing 
to visit the points of interest above named, will start at E on 8th St., (see 
Map VIII,) and after an easy lo minute stroll by a paved way, will find him- 
self at the main entrance to the "Congressional Cemetery." (See Map IX.) 

The Congressional Cemetery, or Parish Cemetery of Christ Church, 
near the Navy Yard, received its name from having been the place of sepul- 
ture of Senators and Representatives who died in the city during the early 
years of the century, or to wl>om memorial Cenotaphs were erected There 
are also two Vice-Presidents, Gerry and Clinton, and Generals, Admirals and 
others of National renown, buried here. The site overlooks the Anacostia 
River. The first interment was in 1807. The tourist can pass an hour very 
instructively upon the hallowed soil of this early necropolis of the Capital. 



CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, ASYLUM AND JAIL. 



55 



IX— CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, JAIL, ETC. 




jikacostla: 



Points of Interest. — Congressional Cemetery, Work House, Washing- 
ton Asylum and U. S. Jail. 



From the "Congressional" Cemetery the tourist will continue on E. to 
19th St. The drive leading due E. enters the grounds formerly occupied by 
the U. S. Naval Magazines, but now^ by the Washington Asylum. On 19th 
St. is the IVofk House, a few steps further N. is the Washington Asylum, 
or Alms House, and still a few steps fur her N. the U. S. Jail. In this 
Jail Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was confined and executed. 
Visitors who desire simply to be shown through the Jail will be admitted by 
application at the Warden's Office, main entrance, every day except Sundays, 
between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Admission on Sundays must be through the 
Warden only. 

From the U. S. Jail the tourist can take the most direct route, about 8 
minutes walk, to Lincoln Square, where stands the Statue of Emancipation. 

As the portion of the city between the Jail and the point named is but 
sparsely built, this walk should only be undertaken in good weather. During 



56 



LINCOLN SQUARE EMANCIPATION STATUE 



X.— LINCOLN SQUARE, EMANCIPATION STATUE, AND 
VICINITY. 




Points of Interest. — Lincoln Square, Emancipation Statue, 
wet weather it would be better to return to E St , (Map IX,) and thence W. 
to 13th or 1 2th Sts., E., (Map X,) thence to Lincoln Square. Here the tourist 
will be in communication with the Horse R. R., returning W. to the points 
of interest in the N. belt of the city and W. Washington. 

In Lincoln Square stands Ball's semi- 
heroic Bronze Group, Emancipation, 
representing Abraham Lincoln pre- 
senting tlie proclamation of freedom 
to a liberated slave. The Statue was 
unveiled April 14, 1876, the anniver- 
sary of Lincoln's assassination. It 
cost $17,000. The first contribution 
was $5.00 from Charlotte Scott, a 
freed woman of Virginia, and her 
first earnings in freedom. After view- 
ing the Statue of Emancipation the 
tourist will leave Lincoln Square by : 
East Capitol St., a thoroughfare 160 
wide with a fine vista of American 
Elms and North Carolina Poplars, 
extending from Lincoln Square W. to 

East Capitol Park. At 9th St., E., on East Capitol St., he may take the 
Horse Cars of the East Capitol St. line of the Metropolitan R. R., fare 
5 cts , or 6 tickets for 25 cts., good on all lines, thus commencing the return 
tour, via. the Capitol and remaining places of interest, back to the starting 




HALL'S EMANCIPATI 



THE GREENE STATUE. 



57 



XL— GREENE STATUE AND EAST CAPITOL STREET. 




Continued on Map VIII. 
Poi NTS OF Interest. — The Greene Statue, East Capitol Street and Vicinity, 
point in West Washington After leaving 9th St., 
n. e., the tourist enters the section of the city re- 
presented by Map XI. At 8th St., n. e. the build- 
ing with the pointed towers seen on the hills N. of 
the city, is the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. At 5th 
St., n. e, the tourist should leave the cars ior a 
short walk along that street, N. to Stanton Square, 
where stands Brown's Bronze Equestrian Statue of 
the Revolutionary General, Nathaniel Greene. 
The total cost, to include pedestal, was $50,000. 
From' this point a fine view of the Capitol can be 
had by looking along Md. Ave. towards the s. w. 
The large building fronting this square^ on the S. 
is the Pea body Pnblic School. 

Returning to the line of street cars at 3d St., n, e. 
the route continues to 1st St., n. e. 




BROWN'S GREENE. 



.=58 



THE U. S. PENSION BUILDING. 



At this point the line turns X. The tourist may here alight and enter the 
beautiful East Park of the Capitol. 

The Horse Cars, meanwhile, proceed along ist St., n. e. The large, now pri- 
vate building, on the s. e. cor. of Md. Ave. and ist St., after the burning of the 
Capitol in 1S14, was in part occupied by the Senate. During the War of the 
Rebellion, iS6i-'65, it was used as a prison for political offenders. Also 
within those walls was hanged Wirz, the prison keeper of Andersonville. 

The line continues to B St., n. e., where it turns to the W. and continues 
along the N. bounds of the Capitol Park to Delaware Ave Here it makes 
another turn to the N. and continues W, to West Washington. At this 
point the East Capitol St. line joins the main line of the Metropolitan R. R., 
which here extends into the Capitol Park to a point near the Senate wing. 




% 



"W^*^ C^5^g^ ^^ 



THE U. S. PENSION BUILDING. 



At 4th St. and Indiana Ave., the line reaches Judiciary Square, passing on 
the r. the U. S. Court House and Lincoln Column , by Lot Flannery, erected 
y contributions of patriotic citizens. The former was erected in i82o-'49, 
bis25o'xiSo', has a freestone basement and stuccoed superstructure, and on 
the S. front, Ionic Porticoes. It wa? formerly the City Hall but is now occu- 
pied by the Courts of the U. S. and the District of Columbia. At 5th St., 
W. the cars turn X. and at F St., turn W. The immense brick structure 
on the X. portion of Judiciary Square, is the U. S. Pension Building, 400 x 



JUDICIARY SQUARE, INTERIOR DEPT. AND VICINITIES. 



59 



XIII.— INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND VICINITY 



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Continued on Map V. 



6o 



PENSION BUILDING AND PATENT OFFICE. 



200' and 7;' high It is fire-proof throughout. The frieze oyer the first story 
o'nsi^^s'o'f'atlrra cotta sJpture band 3' high -pre-n.ng M. Uaj^^^^^ 
Navil subjects There are accomodations for 1,500 clerks. iSie Duuauig 
S/oSoo and over 15,000,000 bricks were used m Us -nstrucUon 

AtyThSt.thelineintersectstheythSt. branch of the W. and G. R.R., extend 
ng to the Boundary N. and the Steamers Wharves b. 




INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (PATENT OFFICE.) 

• ►Tf^, Q^ nn the N Stands the Department of the Interior 
^^^ thT:rn|f:f S:,°;itf„ron l basement of granite. The basen^n. 




the general post-office. 
S^oric^^teS ":ddmonrote valuable and instructive collection of n,odeU. 



GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 



6l 



XIV.— STATUE OF THOMAS AND IOWA CIRCLE. 




representing the inventive 
genius of the American peo- 
ple. Directly S. of the Inter- 
ior Departnien is the Gen- 



eral Post-Office, 



open 



from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Com- 
menced in 1839 and finished 
in 1867, cost, $2,700,000. 
The structure is of marble 
and belongs to the Corrnthian 
order. The entire building is 
occupied by the various bran- 
ches of the General Post-Office. 
In the suite of apartments of 
the Postmaster-General, is a 
collection of Crayon Portraits 
of those Officers since the 
foundation of the Government. 
On the second or principal 
, . floor, reached by the stairway 
S from the E. door on the N. 
N^ front of the building, is the 
-g^ Dead Letter Office Museum. 
^ Here will be found a number 
"^ of curious objects taken in 
5 transit in the mails for non- 
^ payment of postage, or as tin- 
S mailable. The person in the 
■•g room will point out the most 
.5 interesting articles. 

At 8th St., one square S., 
stands the Money Order Office, 
a large brick building, connec- 
ted with the General Post- 
Office by an iron bridge across 
the street. 

At 9th St., is intersected th^ 
9th St. branch of the Metro- 
politan line, extending N. to 
the Boundary and S. to the 
Washir^gton Barracks. The 
Masonic Temple stands on the 
( Con tin ued on page 62.) 



Points OF Interest. — 
Franklin Square, Statues of 
Th«mas and Luther, Iowa Cir- 
cle and vicinities, and Colum- 
bian University. 



Continued on Map IV. 



62 MEDICAL MUSEUM, MCPHERSON AND FARRAGUT STATUES. 




ROBISSO'S MCPHERSON. 



N. W. Cor. At loth wSt., one square S. 
is the Medical Museum, open from 9 
a. m. to 4 p. m., formerly Ford's Theatre, 
the place ot assassination of President 
Lincoln. Visitors will enter and ascend 
directly to the Museum on the 3d floor. 
The attendant in the room will answer 
questions and give desired information 
respecting the principal features of the 
collection; the finest in the world. In 
the back parlor of the house, No. 516, 
oppasite. President Lincoln died after 
being carried from the Theatre. At nth 
St., the Capitol, N. O St. and S. Wash- 




MRS. HOXIE'S FARRAGUT. 



ington R. R., (Belt Line,) is intersected. Other 

points of interest along this line, and within 

easy access from it, including the Bureau of 

Education, National J^i/ics'' Armory, will be 

found by reference to Map XI I L 

At 14th St., W. (see Map XIV) the cars turn 

N. The Treasury Department may be seen one 

square W. After crossing, at New York Ave., 

the Columbia R, R., to the Government Print- 
ing Office and Boundary, at H St., n. w., is the 

Colunvbian University, and in the square E., on 

H St., bet. 13th and 14th Sts., W., are the 

Preparatory School and Medical College of the 

same Institution. The new University building 

is a fine brick structure, I2i''x64, 4 stories high 

and richly ornamented with appropriate alti relivi 

in terra cotta, erected in i883-'4, and cost ot 

building and ground, $150,000. Visitors will 

be shown through the building by the 
janitor. At this point the cars pass with- 
in one square of the Bronze Equestrian 
Statue of Gen. J. B. McPherson, by 
Robisso, erected in 1876, bv the Society 
of the Army of the Tennessee, and cost 
$23,500. The superb granite pedestal was 
constructed by the Government, and cost 
$25,000. 

From this Statue the tourist may return 
by way of Vermont Ave. to H St., and 
thence resume his journey by the same hne 
of cars, (see Map XV), passing Judiciary 
Square and Statue of Gen. Jackson, on the 
r.,or he may take I or K Sts., N., and 
walk two squares W. to the heroic Statue 
OF Admiral David G. Farragut, U. S. 
Navy, by Mrs. Vinnie Reem Hoxiel 
ordered by Congress, 1872, cast from meta, 




brown's SCOTT. 



THE STATUE OF SCOTT. 



63 



.0.1^^?.^"" P 5^ ^^^ Admiral's Flag Ship, Hartford, unveiled 1881, and 
cost $20,000; Pedestal $5,000. 

Take the horse cars on lytii St. to N. St., or walk, via. 17th St. to R I 
Ave., and tlience to the intersection of R. I. and Mass. Avenues to the Bronze 
Equestnan Statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, by H K. Brown, orderedby Sn- 

XV.-STATUES OF McPHERSON, SCOTT AND DUPONT 
AND VICINITIES. 




Continued on Map III. 

DifnT/'p^r /V^REST.-Statues of McPherson, Farragut, Scott and 
nZ 'p I'f ' Legation, and Louis Home. R^ferences-L Admirals 
Office. B. Metropolitan Club. C. Richmond Flats. D. The Arlin^on 



64 



THE STATUE OF DUPONT AND OAK HILL CEMETERY. 



gress 1867, erected 1874, cost $20,000. The Pedestal consists of 5 blocks of 
granite. Thence return by N St. to Conn. Ave. Opposite stands the fine 
mansion of tlie British Legation, and one square be- 
yond is the heroic Bronze Statue of Rear Admiral 
Samuel F. Dupont, by Launt Thompson, ordered 
by Congress 1882, erected 1884, cost, $14,000. In 
the section of the city represented by Maps XIII, XIV 
and XV, are situated the finest Church edifices, of all 
denominations, in Washington. They may be located 
by reference to the Maps and Stranger's Directory, 
Churches, in this book. 

Thence take the horse cars (see Map XVI) which 
continue W,, crossing Rock Creek into West Wash- 
ington. At 30th or Washington St., (see Map XVII), 
the tourist should ahght and walk to Oak Hill Cem- 
etery. This beautiful city of the dead, the gift of 
W. W. Corcoran, comprises 30 a., and has an endow- 
ment of $120,000 from that gentleman. Just W. of 
the Chapel, near the main gate, is the Grave of J. How- 
rad Payne, the author of " Home, Sweet Home," and 
a monument to his memory, erected in 1884, when his 
remains were removed from Tunis, Africa, and deposi- 
ted there. The remains of many other distinguished 
men rest in this Cemetery. Thompson's dupont 

From this point along Road St., ^^ Georgeto^Mn Heights,'''' a short walk will 

XVI.— WASHINGTON TO WEST WASHINGTON. 





Continued on Map II. 



WEST WASHINGTON. 



65 



bring the tourist to the High Service Reservoir, capacity, 1,000,000 gallons, 
fed by the pumping engins at the Washington Aqueduct Bridge, (see Map i), 
thence walking S. along High St. to 3d (P) St., the cars will carry him 10 
35th (Fayette) St., on the n. w. cor. of which stands the Convent and 
Academy of the Vtsitation, (Roman Catholic), founded in 1799. The Academy 
is open to visitors on Wednesdays and vSaturdays after 12 m., Entrance from 
35th (Fayette) St. In the Vault of the Convent rest the remains of a daugh- 
ter of Gen. Winfield Scott, a religieuse of the order. 

From the Academy, a short walk of one square S. to 2d (O) St., and thence 
thaee squares E., will lead the tourist to Georgetown College, a fine stone 
structure of the pointed style. From the cliff S. of the building may be had 
an excellent view of the Ltttle Falls and the Potomac as far as the eye can 
reach. The Viezv of Washington is also very extensive. 

After leaving the College, the tourist should return to 36th (Lingam) St., 
and thence proceed S. to M (Bridge) St. From the Georgetown Aqueduct 
Bridge he will have a good view of the extensive Coal Chutes and the Ship- 
ping of West Washington. Wist Washington, or Georgetown is the Port 
of Entry of Washington. The Chesapeake and Ohio C<7;?(7/ which terminates 

XVII.— WEST WASHINGTON AND OAK HILL CEMETERY. 




Oalc Hill Cemelr^ 



\Gubi 







Continued on Map J. 

Points of Interest. — Oak Hill Cemetery — Grave and Monument of 
Payne, the author of "Home Sweet Home," and Georgetown Heights. 



66 WEST WASHINGTON, CANAL, AQUEDUCT AND SHIPPING. 



iHiiK 
ervioA 



To Conduit Ro 
Cabin, JdhzhBr. 



XVIII.— WEST WASHINGTON. 

here, brings the 
coal from Cum- 
berland, theenlre 
pot of the West- 
ern Maryland 
and \V. Virginia 
Coal Fields, to 
tide water, a dis- 
tance of 182 m. 
This Canal, com- 
menced in 1828, 
182 m. long, cost 
$13,000,000, and 
is one of the finest 
works of the kind 
in the U. S. The 
Branch Canal to 
Alexandria, Va. 
crosses the Poto- 
mac River by 
means of the 
Geo't'n Aqueduct 
1400' long. This 
portion of the city 
represented in 
Map XVIII, con- 
stitutes the ex- 
treme Western 
limits of West 
Washington and 
completes the cir- 
cuit of the heart 
of the city. 

The tourist 
should now visit 
the Statues of 
Gen Thomas and 
Martin Luther^ 
which being ofif 
the main lines 
are reserved for a 
special trip. He 

takes the vV. and Points of Interest.— Shipping and Coal Chutes, 
G R. R. on M Georgetown College, and High Service Reservoir. 
(Bridge) St. at 

32d (High) St. and returns to the city, viewing the objects of interest 
on either side of the route, by following his course on Maps, I, II and III to 
15th St., W, Here he should ahght and get an exchange ticket and be sure 
that he takes the 14th St. branch, on New York Ave , as two lines start from 
this point. . See Page 76. 




WEST WASHINGTON. 6j 



WEST WASHINGION. 

(See Map I.) 

fF the suburbs of Washington, the old Maryland borough of George- 
town, now known as West Washii^ton, is the most important 
It is separated from the Capital by Rock Creek. It lies at the head of 
navigation on the Potomac River and nestled in the beautiful hills at 
the foot of the Little Falls of that stream presents a picturesque appearance. 
Its population in 1 880 was 12,578. This is made the inidal ox starting point 
of this complete tour of the magnificient governing City of the Nation. 

In order to reach Washington the tourist, having visited the places of 
interest in this portion of West Washington, (Geo'c'n), including the Post- 
office and Custom House, a granite edifice, may take the horse cars of the 
Wcuhington ami Geoi'getown R. R., which start at High (32) St., vV., and 
thence proceed E. on Bridge (M) St. 

Should the tourist desire to visit the Boat Houses, l>e will not take the cars 
at this point, but proceed by Hiqh (32d) St., crossing the Chesapeake and 
Ohio canal by a stone bridge, and passing the Grace P. E. Ch. on the 1., to 
the fine Boat Houses of The Coluvibia and one square W , of the Poto- 
mac Boat Clubs. The janitor will show visitors through the buildings, which 
are complete in all their appointments and well worthy of a visit by persons 
interested in ac^uatic sports. The Analostan Boat House may be seen fur- 
ther down the river shore. Just above in the Potomac channel, is the "finish" 
of the National Boat Course. 

From the Columbia and Potomac Boat Houses, the tourist would ck) well to 
return to Bridge (M) St., and thence visit the Washington Aqueduct 
Bridge, by proceeding along Bridge to Green (29th) St., to the Fountain, 
where he will leave the line of the car track and by a direct and short course 
reach the point desired. This symmetrical structure spans Rock Creek and 
carries the water supply of Washington over that stream from the great mains 
on the West Washington side, through two 48 in. iron pipes to the Washing- 
ton side, the pipes forming an arch of 290 ft. span which supports a road- 
way and connects Washington and West Washington. At the foot of the W 
abutment are the pumping engines used for supplying the High Service 
Reservoir. (See Map XVH). This may be visited by permission obtained 
at the Aqueduct office, at the W. efi^l of the bridge. 

The view from this bridge overlooks the terminal locks and basins of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Wharves and Potomac River; and 
the narrow and deep ravine through which Rock Creek finds its way from 
flie picturesque hills of the interior, to the Potomac. The iron truss 
bridge near by connects M with Bridge (M) St., n. w., and is used by the 
W. & G. line of street cars. A short walk along Pa. Ave. will bring the 
tourist back to the line of cars. 

Street Car Route.— West Washington to WASfiiNGTON Statue. 
Should the tourist not desire to specially visit the objects of interest men- 
tioned, he will take the street cars at any point on Bridge (M) St., and in 
crossing Rock Creek, view the Washwgton Aqueduct and Bridge on the S. 
from the cars. The same view of the valley of the stream will also be had, 
looking N. or S. 



6S 



WASHINGTON STATUE — NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 



After passing 24th St. we readi 




Washington Circle and Statue. 
Here the tourist may leave the cars to 
take a view of the colossal Eques- 
trian Statue of General George 
Washington, by Clark Mills, ordered 
in 1853, and cost $50,000. On the 
S. W. of this circle is the S^. Ann's 
Infant Asylnm, J?. C. Visitors are 
.admit ed Thursdays only, from 2 to 5 
ip, m. The small gothic church on 
23d St., S. of the circle is St. PauVs 
P. E. 

The tourist at Washington Circle 
l^has the option of returning to the cars 
_^ and continuing along Pa. Ave. to the 
ft v f""^ group of points of interest in the 

-^ ' "^-:-^ ^•icinity of the Executive Mansion, or 

5^ - " _ lt?!==^by a short detour afoot, can visit the 

^-- --=5-_" - — =--- ^=s^^:^^=:^^==^.Analostan Boat House and Naval 

mill's WASHINGTON. OBSERVATORY. 

Car Route, Washington Circle to the Executive Mansion and 
Vicinity. Should the tourist not desire to visit the Observatory, he can relurn 
to the cars, aad proceed along Pa. Ave. to 17th St., where he should again 
alight in order to view the many places of interest at this point. On the way 
at 2ist and 19 h Sts , will be seen four trianglar spaces which add so much 
to the attractions of different parts of the city, formed by the intersections of 
streets with avenues, and beautified with fountains trees, shrubs and 
plants. 

At iSthSt. the<?«e-/^7rj^mn-(fare3 cts.) start and run to the "House" wing of 
the Capitol. 





u. s. naval observatory. 

Detour. — Route, via. the Naval Observatory to the Executive 

Mansion and Vicinity. — To reach these points from the Washington Statue, 

the tourist has the choice of two routes, one by the Analostan Boat House 

by direct course by New Hampshire Ave., where may be seen the historic 



WASHINGTON STATUE— NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 



69 



II.— WEST CITY. 

Ccnitinued on Map XVI. 




\. wo IcpVualosfen S 




Points of Interest.— Columbia Hospital for Women and Dispensary 
Statue of Washington, and U. S. Naval Observatory. 



70 



U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 



barge used in patrolling the Potomac at the out-bixjak of the Rebellion, 
i86i-'5, and thence by E St. to the Observatory by 23d St. Arriving at the 
gate, enter the Observatory grounds ami proceed to the N. door, or main 
entrance (open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. ) of the main building, and touch the 
electric bell. The first building reached on the E. is the Residence of the 
Superintetident, not open to the public. The messenger in the main building 
will make the arrangements to see the many objects of interest in the prac- 
tical workings of the science of astronomy. 

With the aid of the accompanying Diagram the visitor will better under- 
stand the explanations 



I. Pier of brick 12' in 
diameter and 28' high which 
supports the smaller equa- 
torial. The " Meridian of 
Washington" passes through 
the centre of this dome. The 
Til-ne-ball is dropped every 
day at 12 M. from the mast 
and simultaneously the time 
is transmitted to all parts of 
the U. S. 

II. Office of the Superin- 
tendent. Ill and IV. Offi- 
ces. V. Packing Room. 
VI. Room of the Mural Cir- 
cle and Transit. 

VII. Chronometer Room 




in which chronometers are 
kept and rated for the use of 
the Navy, and from which 
the standard mean-time is 
despatched to all parts of the 
U. S.. in connection with 
the time-ball on the smaller 
dome. 

VIII. Library containing 
13,000 volumns relating to 
Astronomy and kindred sci- 
ences. 

IX. Standard Sidereal 
Clock. X. Transit Circle. 

XI. Prime Vertical Transit. 

XII. Machine Shop. XIII. 
Room of Officer in charge of 



GROUND PLAN OF THE NAVAL OBSERYATORY. 

the great Equatorial. XIV. Sleeping apartments of the same. XV. The 
great Equatorial. Object Gla«. 26". This is one of the largest tekscopes 
of the kind in the world. It cost $47,000. The dome is 41' in diameter and 
40' high. The instrument is run by a reaction water-wheel. 

XVI. Residence of the Superintendent. The rooms on the second fl. of 
the main building arc used by officers and professors in charge of instruments. 



RAWLINS STATUE— DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 



71 



South of the Observatory a view may be had of the Potomac Marshes 
being: reclaimed by the Government at a vast expense. At the foot of th^ 
hill the English General Braddock, landed his troops preparatory to his march 
from Alexandria Va., to the fatal banks of the Monongahela in 1755. 

The other points of general interest within the bomids of map ii, will be 
ascertained by reference to the map itself Persons interested in school 
architecture, will find the Afialosia7t Public School House, on G ht\. 21st and 
22d Sts., worthy of a visit. The Churches are fine structures, but possess 
no striking architectural attractions. The Western Market House, on K and 
2ist Sts., is a spacious structure well designed for the purpose. 



After reaching the street from the Observatory, the tourist should proceed 
along E St. (see map III,) to Rawlins Statue and Square at the intersection 
of E St. with New York Ave., and an easy 10 minutes walk. 

Bailey's bronze Statue of Gen. John 
A. Rawlins, Gen. Grant's Chief of Staffand 
Secretary of War, was erected by Congress 
in 1873, at a cost of $10,000. 

From Rawlins Square the tourist will pur- 
sue his way along N. Y. Ave., but a step 
further to 17th St, W., opposite the S. 
pavilion of the magnificent building occupied 
by the Departments of State, War and Navy. 
From this point a fine view may be had of 
the S. and W. facades, the latter now under 
construction. The building occupied by the 
Departments of Staie, War and Navy, 
is one of the largest as well as finest 
public edifices in the world. It measures 
528' from N. to S., and 292' from E. to VV., 
and to the top of the highest point of the 
roof is 143', embracing a sub-basement, 
bailey's RAWLINS. basement and 4 stories in the N. and S. and 

5 stories in the E. and W. pavilions. The basement is of Maine and the 
superstructure of Virginia granite, it was designed and commenced by A. B. 
Mullett, supervising architect of the Treasury, and continued by Gen. E. O. 
Babcock and Col. T. L. Casey, U. S. Engineers. The building, S. wing, 
was commenced in 1S71, and the W. and centre wings, thus completing the 
structure, will be finished in 1SS8. Total cost $10,405,850. 

Those who continued by the streetcars from the Washington statue instead 
of making the detour by way of the Naval Observatory and Rawlins statue, 
should leave the cars at I7ih St. and Pa. Ave., in order to view the many 
places of interest within convenient distance of the Executive Mansion. 
From this point may be had a fine view of the N. facade of the State, War 
aud Navy building. 

From either point of reaching 17th St., the tourist should pro€eed to the 
Winder's Building, on the n. w. cor. of E and 17th St„., in order to see 
the interesting collection of implements and accoutrements of war found 
in the Ordnance Museum, (open from 9 a. m. to 4 p- m.,) Enter by the 
maiii door on 17th St., ascend the stairs directly opposite to the 2d fL 




72 



THE STATUES OF THOMAS AND LUTHER. 




ward's THOMAS. 



After passing the Young Mc'ti's Christian Association on the 1., the cars 
tvxrn N. into 14th St., W. The tourist should now follow his course on Map 
XIV for points of interest. At M St. the cars reach the Bronze Stat ue of 

Gen. George H, Thomas, by J. Q. A. 
Ward, erected in 1879 by the Society of the 
Army of the Cumberland, cost, 5^40,000. 
Immediately N. of this Statue, in the Trian- 
gle in front of the Memorial Lutheran Church, 
is the heroic Bronze Statue of Martin 
Luther, the Gernnan Religious Reformer, a 
replica of the central figure of the Luther 
Memorial, or Reformation Group, by Reit- 
schel, at Worms, Germany, erected by an 
association of Lutherans in 1884. in commem- 
oration of the 400th anniversary of the Re- 
former's birth, Nov. 10, 14S3, cost, with 
pedestal, $io,ooc. The cars continue to 
Boundary. The Garfield Hospiiol'M, at the N. end of nth St., W. 

The tourist desiring to visit the Government Printing Office will take 
the Columbia Horse Cars. This line begins on New York York Ave. at 15th 
St., W., (see A, Ma-p III.) After crossing 14th St., for points of interest 
along his course, the tourist will follow his route on Map XIV from 15th to 
I2th St., W., Map XIII from 13th to 41-2 Sts., W., and Maps XII from 4th 
St., to 1st St., E. At N. Capitol St. he will alight, 
and on that street enter the Government Printing 
Office, open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Ascend to the 
2d fl., the messenger will make the necessary arrange- 
ments. On the 1st fl. are the Press and Proof-read- 
ing Rooms; 2d ll., the Comjx^sing Rooms and OflSces ; 
3d fl., the Bindery, and 4th fi.. Folding Room. From 
the Government Printing Office the street cars con- 
tinue E. At 7th St., nTe. the tourist May leave the 
cars and watte to the Columbia Institution for the 
Deaf and Dumb, at the N. end of that street. The 
Institution is open on Thursday for visitors. It is 
sustained by Congress for the use of the District of 
Columbia and the Army and Navy. A Collegiate 
Department, open to both sexes is attached. The 
main buildmg is of the pointed gothic style, and con- 
tains the Chapel, Lecture Rooms, cK;c. The large 
buildings near by are the Dormitories, Class-rooms, &c. 
The horse cars from 7th St., E., continue to the E. 
Boundary of the city. Opposite is Graceland Ceme- 
tery, and a short kistance N. on the Baltimore Turn- 
pike, is Mount Olivet, Roman Catholic Cemetary. 
Mrs. Surratt, executed for complicity in the assassina- 
tion of President Lincoln, and Wirz, the Anderson- 
ville Prison Keeper, are buried here. Two miles 
beyond is the Reform School, established in 1S66, REITschki.'s i.uther. 
which occupies the site of Ft. Lincoln. The tourist may return by the same 
route or walk to Lincoln Square and thence return by the Metropolitan 
R. R. (See Map X.) 




THE ENVIRONS OF WASHINGTON. 




^ The immediate vicinity of Washington presents a number of places of in- 
terest to invite the attention of the tourist, and which, if tune permits, should 
be visited before leaving the City. (See Rates of Public Conveyances.) 

?t^ X-!. Mount Vernon. , "^^^- ^ 

— The Ho v: c a n d _£" -"^-^ 

Tcvih of George Wash- ^y ~ ""% 

ingtoji, may be reach- ^^ ^ 

•:^ ed by steamer leaving =" 33 

the 7lh St. wharf (see ;^- ^p 

Maps V and VI, to 1^ 

wharf) every day ex- 
'^''cept Sunday, at lo a. 
.'Y' m., returning at 3.30 
m.; Fare, $1.00 
After passing the Bar- 
racks and the mouth 
of the Anacostia, the 
steamer touches a t 
the old Virginia City ■ 
^ , of Alexandria, passes 
•.IL^ the Light House at -^^ 

Jones' Point, the site . ---- 

of the corner stone ot "^ 

the boundaries of the 
D. C, planted in 1 791, 
touches at Ft. Foote 
and Ft. Washington, 
an old-time stone case- 
mated work, and 
thence to Mount Ver- 
non on the opposite side of the river. Distance, 14 m. The competent Super- 
intendent of the place will explain all points of interest. 

Ft. Myer, Arlington and National Cemetery.— These places, open 
every day from sunrise to sunset, can be easily reached afoot by those choos- 
ing this means of visiting them, by taking the W. and G. R. R., to the 
Georgetown Aqueduct, (see Map XVIII), There is a fixed charge for car- 
riages, see Stranger's Directory. After crossing the Aqueduct take the 
military road to the r. following the army telegraph line to Ft. Myer, I m 
This is the station of Instruction and Drill of the U. S. Signal Service. 
Pass through the Fort and follow the road leading to the rear gate of the 
National Cemetery. The main drive will lead to Arlington House 
This was the home of G. W. Parke Custis, the adopted son of Gen. Wash- 
ington, and later of Robert E. Lee, after 1861, Commander of the Confed- 
erate Forces in the Rebellion of i86i-'5. There are buried here 15,585 

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CABIN-JOHN BRIDGE, AND THE SOLDIERS HOME. 



soldiers. The granite sarcophagus, S. of the mansion, contains the bones of 
2,111 unknown soldiers. The Superintendent will give further information. 
From the Mansion descend the hill to the main gate, returning to Washing- 
ton by Long Bridge, (Map IV), or by direct road back to the Georgetown 
Aqueduct. The latter is best suited for pedestrians, being nearer. The 
entire distance from the Aqueduct by this route, is 3>^ m. 

Cabin-John and Chain Bridges, and Little and Great Falls of 
the Potomac— The round-trip is i8 m. from Rock Creek. Leave West 
Washington by T (7th) St., which leads to the Conduit Road, (see Map 
XVIII). The first point, 3 m., is the Distributing Rerervoir, 33 a.; capacity, 

300,000,000 galls, elevat'n, 144'. 
Here the mains to the city com- 
mence, and here also the cylin- 
drical Conduit from the Great 
Falls of the Potomac terminates. 
The next point, 2 m., is the 
Receiving Reset voir, capacity, 
163,000,000 galls. Resuming 
the drive on the Conduit, 3 m, 
distant is Cabin-John Bridgk- 
the longest arch of masonery, 
220' with 571^' rise, in the 
world. The Bridge is 400' long, 
cost, $237,000. A good dinner 
may be had at the hotel. The 
Conduit road continues to the 
Gnat Falls of the Potomac, the 
starting point of the Aqueduct, 
\oYz m. distant. The entire 
THE SOLDIERS HOME. delivering capacity of the Reser- 

voir is 80,000,000 gals, in 24 hours, cost $3,500,000. From Cabin-John 
Bridge, at the Distributing Reservoir, take the road to the r, to Chain 
Bridge, so named because the original structure was protected from the 
violence of freshets by chains, and return by the river road along the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Little Falls of the Potomac, to West Wash- 
ington. 

Soldiers' Home, NationalCemetery, Rock Creek Church, Bright- 
wood, Ft. Stevens, Battle Cemetery, and Mt. Pleasant. — To the Sol- 
diers' Home is the fashionable drive, particularly of a Summer evening- 
Leaving the City by 7th St. to Whitney Ave., the large building on the hill 
on the r., after passing the Boundary, is the Howard University, incorpora- 
ted 1867, for the education of youth, irrespective of color or sex, but devoted 
to the instruction of colored youth. A Normal School is attached. Another 
outward route is by New York Ave. and N. Capitol St., and Lincoln Ave., 
passing Glemvood Cemetery, 90 a. beautifully laid out, with many fine monu- 
ments. The Soldiers' Home is for Regulars or Volunteers who served in 
the Mexican War, and privates in the Regular Army. It was founded by an 
appropriation of the pillage money levied by Gen. Scott on the City of Mexico. 
After entering the grounds, which comprise 500 a., maybe seen near the build- 
ings the heroic Statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, by Launt Thompson, 
erected in 1874 by the Home, in honor of its founder, cost, $iS,ooo. The 
Presidents, since Buchanan, have occupied one of cottages during the Sum- 




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mer. After viewing the buildings and the " Capitol Vista," leave the grounds 
by the N. gate and visit the National Military Cemetery, containing 
5,424 graves, and RocK Creek (St Paul's Episcopal) Church and Ceme- 
tery, adjoining, the oldest in the District of Columbia, erected 1719, of im- 
ported bricks, and remodeled in 1868. Thence drive to Brightwood, and 
thence to Ft. Stevens, the scene of a severe battle and defeat of a Confed- 
erate force in July, 1864, and the nearest approach of the enemy to Washington. 
A Methodist Church now stands on the site. A short distance beyond is the 
Battle Cemetery where the killed were interred. Return to the City by 
the road leading to the right at Brightwood, and passing through Mount Pleas- 
ant, one of the N. suburbs, enter Washington at 14th St., W. The large 
building on the hill at the head of 15th St., W., is the Way land Seminary, 
founded in 1865, by the Baptists, for the education of colored preachers and 
teachers. 

Anacostia and the Government Hospital for the Insane. — This 
trip may be made afoot. Take the W. and G. R. R. to the Navy Yard, (see 
Map VIII), and there get a transfer ticket on the Anacostia and Potomac 
R. R. and cross the Navy Yard Bridge to Anacostia, and within i m. of the 
Asylum. The Government Hospital for the Insane, (visiting days, 
Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p. m., and friends of patients every day except Sun- 
day), was founded in 1855. The main building, 750'x2oo', occupies a com- 
manding site overlooking the two rivers and the City, and has 550 single 
rooms. The W. wing is for males, and the E. for female patients. There 
are accommodations in all the buildings for 1,000 patients. 



STRANGER'S DIRECTORY. 

Rates for Public Conveyances. — Caj-riages. $1.50 per hour for double 
Carriage; $1.00 per hour for Coupd Special rates are charged when per- 
sons wish to go outside the City. The trips mentioned under " l^he Environs 
of Washington," are subject to special rates to be arranged between the 
parties. 

Cabs. 75 cts. per hour for one or two persons; $1.00 per hour for three 
or four persons, 25 cts. for each passenger within one mile. 

Horse Cars. (See Maps for routes and objects of interest along them.) 
The Horse Cars on all lines run at intervals of a few minutes during the day, 
and less frequently till midnight or earlier in less populous parts of the City, 
when they cease running. Fare, 5 cts. or 6 tickets for 25 cts., good on all 
lines, and transfers given on branches of the same lines. On extensions of 
lines a small additional sum is charged. 



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